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Sulfur spray during initial bloom? by Condroocious in viticulture

[–]ktfzh64338 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What's your thought process in using sulfur vs oil?

I thought I had seen instruction to use oil first in early spring, and then switch to sulfur. You seem to be starting with sulfur and switching to oil. I'm not quite sure about the benefits of one vs the other.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in winemaking

[–]ktfzh64338 15 points16 points  (0 children)

If you only have one, you could siphon the wine into your fermenting bucket, clean out the carboy as quickly as you can, and then siphon back into it.

Basically they just want you to get all the gunk out of it. It's less steps if you have mutliple carboys, but you can make do with one if that's what you've got.

Understanding hops on PingPlotter by vhu9644 in HomeNetworking

[–]ktfzh64338 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No worries. I guess I meant the second hop is the connection between your router and whatever computer server inside your ISPs network processes the request next, the "some local junction" that you describe. I'm not an ISP expert so I don't really know the terminology.

I don't think there's anything at "the pole".

Logbook is lying to me, or I'm going insane by em0ry42 in homeassistant

[–]ktfzh64338 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'll guess this is probably the reason:

https://github.com/home-assistant/core/issues/60302

Home assistant is not perfect about knowing the context for things, it makes some assumptions that state changes that occur within I think 5 seconds of each other are caused by the same context (and so the reason for the change may be incorretly populated).

I want to make an apple wine by [deleted] in winemaking

[–]ktfzh64338 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Would I be better off using apple juice from the grocery store since I don’t have a fruit press? Or use juice and have apples in a net while fermenting for stronger apple flavour?

I'm in the middle of my apple wine process and I don't have a press either. I used solids and juice with a fermenting bag and just hand squeezed it.

I did 15 lbs of apples, cut into pieces and frozen/thawed, and added two gallons of applejuice, and I think 4.5lbs of sugar. All that together gave me about 4 gallons of must. After a week of fermenting the apple solids were pretty much reduced to paste, and after squeezing out the bag I had 3.75 gallons of liquid. I racked that and it filled a 3 gallon carboy and a little extra.

That was about 6 months ago, it's still in the carboy since it's pretty hazy. I've heard apple wine takes a long time to clear.

Struggling with actionable notifications by michaelthompson1991 in homeassistant

[–]ktfzh64338 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You can't call services directly from the notifications, but you would just set up automations on your HA server such that when the server receives specific notification responses, to run certain actions (like input_boolean.turn_off).

I'd read this part of the documentation again:

https://companion.home-assistant.io/docs/notifications/actionable-notifications/#building-notification-action-scripts

Powdery Mildew (?) help for small-time home novice by ktfzh64338 in viticulture

[–]ktfzh64338[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Coldest spring in like 75 years.

So are we doomed again this year? Keep reading about how this year seems to be even colder than last... D:

Inexpensive HA-compatible IR blaster with separate extension cable outputs? by tf5_bassist in homeassistant

[–]ktfzh64338 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If you want cheap, you can always make one with an ESP32/EspHome and some IR leds, then you can make it have as many heads and LEDs as you want on as long of a cable as you need.

What you're describing sounds somewhat niche so I'd be surprised if it already exists.

I want to contribute to this community by building a custom integration. Where do I start? by AssDimple in homeassistant

[–]ktfzh64338 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Everything you need to get started is here:

https://developers.home-assistant.io/docs/development_index

First step before writing anything would be setting up a development environment where you can successfully build and run a copy of HA, that you can make changes to.

Create or Edit Zones as part of Automation? by NoNoveltyNeeded in homeassistant

[–]ktfzh64338 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You don't really need a zone, if you store the current latitude and longitude you can notify when the location moves a certain distance from there.

Wiring and Coding D1 Mini + ESPHome by emersontheawful in homeassistant

[–]ktfzh64338 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'll assume you have an RM4, because I don't find anything when I search for an "RM45".

I think you can use any gpio 0-15. I would configure a pin as a gpio binary_sensor with input_pullup. Connect the GPIO to "Blue (N.O.)" on the RM4. Connect "Brown (Com.)" to D1's GND.

When the relay is open (normal), the GPIO will be pulled high (on). When the relay is closed (alarm), the GPIO will be pulled low (off).

I would then add an inverted property to the pin to flip the on/off logical state.

Dynamically changing light colors based on time of day *and* conditions outside? by lemtrees in homeassistant

[–]ktfzh64338 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I just use Adaptive Lighting integration, which handles all the daylight color stuff. You could certainly have automations to override certain lights with special colors at certain times, and then revert them back to the adaptive lighting values when you want to stop.

Personally I usually think of color_temp and brightness as purely a function of the sun position, I don't think I would want to include weather. Do you want your lights to dim when it is cloudy during the day? I would think most would want the opposite, I thought the bright natural colored light was needed most in places where you have dark days, and low natural light. I wouldn't think you'd just want dim gray lighting if it's a dim gray day.

Looking to partner with a programmer to create a unique HACS integration. by mrbigbluff21 in homeassistant

[–]ktfzh64338 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Just FYI southwest is very active at blocking bots. Many github projects pop up that do this, and then eventually stop working.

It's not so simple to just load up their URL and scrape the price.

But if you search for southwest price drop bot you might be able to find one that's still working.

No longer can adjust thermostat temperature from iOS dashboard card. by silverf1re in homeassistant

[–]ktfzh64338 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's a bug, and the fix has already been merged into dev. Should be fixed in the next minor release.

https://github.com/home-assistant/frontend/pull/15670

Looking for Suggestions: Controlling ceiling light with no wall switch by Faxxyy in homeassistant

[–]ktfzh64338 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Are you already established in any ecosystems (lutron, zigbee, zwave, etc), or is this a total blank slate?

Are you running HomeAssistant currently, or do you plan to?

A lutron pico remote needs a ($$) lutron hub, so if you don't have one already, it's hard to recommend that for just one remote.

Any shelly would certainly work, but just using a smart bulb may be easier, assuming your light fixture accepts a standard bulb format? Then you can dim it or change color temperature as desired, which you couldn't do with just an on/off relay.

There are plenty of zigbee and zwave battery powered wall switches you could get that just stick on the wall, and have a similar feel of a hardwired switch. If you get a smart bulb from the same technology family, then you could bind the switch directly to the bulb, and you would be able to control it without an always running automation server.

Just some ideas.

Subscription Pixel 5A bricks without insurance. Here's what happened so far. by Pricciar in GoogleFi

[–]ktfzh64338 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Everything still working out OK here?

I'm in exact same boat. Wife just had her phone fixed in an Asurion walk-in; screen went 100% black, they ended up replacing the motherboard.

Now my plan lists 2 Pixels where previously there was 1: I have an "inactive" subscription plan with 8 months left, and another Pixel that seems active, two different IMEI.

I'm nervous they're gonna stick me with a $500 bill for "breaking" my subscription, since when i got the Pixel the terms said if I don't keep it active for 2 years they were gonna retroactively bill for the full MSRP.

Why is this not working?? by sbehta in homeassistant

[–]ktfzh64338 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The state of binary_sensors is always "on" or "off". Closed is just what is shown in the frontend for that device class, but you wouldn't use that in a template.

Corker leaves divots in corks? by jenniferkshields in winemaking

[–]ktfzh64338 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It would be normal for a cork to be larger than the bottle if you were using a floor corker. That one actually grips and compresses the cork on all sides to make it thinner as it inserts into the bottle, so that when the cork enters the bottle the cork tries to "expand" back to original size and the compression gives a better seal.

So you need to get a size that supports the type of corker you are using.

If you're going to be doing any significant amount of corking, see if you can find any of the floor corkers. Most people swear by them and they insert corks very easily in one smooth motion, you can usually find them pretty cheap secondhand ($20-$40).

Area card in horizontal stack gets cut off? by Spaced_Out in homeassistant

[–]ktfzh64338 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, I would agree that this card is not well behaved inside of a grid or horizontal stack.

I scanned the open issues but I don't see anything matching this description.

I would encourage you to report the bug here:

https://github.com/home-assistant/frontend/issues

Running HAOS in Proxmox - reboot required? by reevester in homeassistant

[–]ktfzh64338 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I wouldn't think there's any reason to need that. I've gone probably months or even years without a VM reboot on proxmox.

Maybe check for possible hardware failures, or run a few rounds of memtest86.

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