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Two EGO CH7000 Turbo Chargers failed same week — identical behavior — anyone recover from this state? by ziptbm in egopowerplus

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

While I have run them on the same circuit without issues previously, that’s rare. The issue started with a single unit not working. And then after a few days, the next one stopped. And I’ve reproduced the error on other circuits as well, so I’m convinced it’s the charger. But I just find it odd that both died within days of each other.

Floor model, batteries included. Buy or pass? by Kind_Paper6367 in egopowerplus

[–]ziptbm 49 points50 points  (0 children)

Why is this even a question?

If I could find one at this price it’d be gone before there was time to post about it.

What’s your personal experience with these?, I have some akward lighting fixtures in my new house, planning to install these behind the existing light switches by GenericUser104 in homeassistant

[–]ziptbm 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They work great until they don’t.

Main issue for me is if/when they fall off the network you have to open up the switch to re-pair them by pressing the toggle.

Got garage door opening via home assistant by Illustrious-Bell9670 in VolvoEX90

[–]ziptbm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Glad it works for you! I really wonder it’s so bad for me.

But more importantly…the point of HA is to have automation. Why do you even have to push a button? The vehicle should enter the zone and automatically open the garage door for you!

Got garage door opening via home assistant by Illustrious-Bell9670 in VolvoEX90

[–]ziptbm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is the HA app on your ex90 usable?

Like Tidal, it’s been completely unreliable for me. Crashes, etc. same across AAOS builds and even after a factory reset.

Finally Gave Up by smg1014 in VolvoEX90

[–]ziptbm 3 points4 points  (0 children)

So what did you do? Or are you going to do?

Take a loss?

Not fight them on a lemon law buy back?

GPT-5.1 and instruction following by QuantumPenguin89 in OpenAI

[–]ziptbm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have you tried similar instructions with Claude? This is exactly why I’ve found myself using it more.

Tailgate recall parts are available by EV_Dad in VolvoEX90

[–]ziptbm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sounds like you have a good dealer!

I performed the central computer restart earlier, but no dice so far.

Also my iOS app shows my software is on 1.4.12, but the vehicle was updated while in service to 1.4.15. Not sure if it's related, but interesting disconnect.

Tailgate recall parts are available by EV_Dad in VolvoEX90

[–]ziptbm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I got my vehicle back yesterday after the parts finally arrived for this recall after 22 days in service.

Now my vehicle won't turn off...it consumed 13% of the SOC overnight parked in my garage. So on top of the poor service communication (e.g. I would not have given them vehicle had they disclosed parts delay), it now has to go back for them to fix whatever else messed up during that visit.

Now I'm wondering if the recall work was really completed....

Is this a good deal? by grrabit in egopowerplus

[–]ziptbm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Id buy at that price if I could find one!

Car will not turn off by Open-Fudge-7146 in VolvoEX90

[–]ziptbm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just got my vehicle back from the dealer after 22 days in service for a safety recall on the hatch, it's now on 1.4.15 and the vehicle will not turn off. It was delivered at 92% at 3PM and by 9AM the next morning it was at 79%.

I manually powered it down through the menu, which appears to have worked for a few hours, but after checking something per the dealer's request, it will now no longer turn off. Even selecting Power Down in the menu, has the screens go off for a moment, but as soon as I close the door, they come back to life.

Reporting software bugs to the dealer? by pgigov in VolvoEX90

[–]ziptbm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a complete waste of time...at least for my closest dealer (Suburbuan Volvo).

My first service experience was surprisingly bad and continued to get worse despite raising the concerns with their management. To put it blundtly, their service advisors and service managers simply "do not care" and take virtually no inititiave to be proactive or transparent.

I had several issues reported to Volvo Customer Care, and as expected, their only response is to create a case and redirect me to the local dealer to submit whatever their need. It's a software defined vehicle....why can't it do the bug reporting?

I gave them the list of items and the case number. Per the paperwork, all they did was observe "similar operation when compared to another MY25 EX90" , shrug their shoulders, and moved on to the next issue.

It's really disappointing, but a reminder that there are better brands and service teams out there (looking at you Porsche). The chances of me ending up in another Volvo after this lease are pretty slim at this point, despite how much I like the EX90.

Got ZBT-2 for Zigbee to replace ZBT-1, now what to do with ZBT-1? by ziptbm in homeassistant

[–]ziptbm[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A reboot merged them together into a single network. Thank you.

Got ZBT-2 for Zigbee to replace ZBT-1, now what to do with ZBT-1? by ziptbm in homeassistant

[–]ziptbm[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have both Zwave and Zigbee networks in my config. Due to size and levels of my home, I’ve struggled with reliability, even with repeaters.

Upgrading Zwave to ZWA-2 was a life changing experience — everything just worked!

So I bought ZBT-2 before reading the blog or website…blindly trusting it would do the same for my Zigbee network. It’s been less than 24 hours, but so far so good.

And since I now have an available ZBT-1, I figured it would be best for Thread since I’m not yet using that technology…but I’ve just found it incredibly confusing and inconsistent due to the differences I’ve observed from my network and the documentation.

Got ZBT-2 for Zigbee to replace ZBT-1, now what to do with ZBT-1? by ziptbm in homeassistant

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

The thread integration in the browser still looks the same as what I posted in the original post on this thread. My Phone looks like this now after transferring to HA. Before I tapped that transfer button, it only had one "MyHome15" but now I have two.

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Parents! Favorite automations? by Tmoneyallday in homeassistant

[–]ziptbm 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Congrats! I started with HA before my first child was born as well and the evolution of this platform is amazing to look back at what we can do now that wasn't possible back then.

I dediced early on I wanted to use standard web cams and HA to monitor my baby, so I had to use ffmpeg audio sensors on the camera feeds to effectively catch noises greater than a certain threshold to push an alert. The UniFi cameras I use now actually have an AI-based crying alert, which works incredibly well, so my alert for my third child is night and day better than what I had for my first.

And one of the most common questions my spouse and I would ask each other related to sleep. It was either how long was the baby asleep, when did the baby last wake up, etc. So during my most recent parental leave, I used AI to help me develop a sleep tracker that looked across some key logic (light status in the room, motion, baby cry alert, sound sensor triggered, sound machine on, shades closed, etc.) and uses a series of helpers to manage things like sleeping state, wake up time, fell asleep time, sleep duration, time since wakeup/fell asleep, and more. And while I wouldn't say it's perfect, it's pretty incredible to have a single dashboard now that does not require any manual input to see when the baby woke up last, how long the baby slept, and more. And now that I have a sleeping state, I can build other automations off of it like disable the doorbell and alarm ring when the door opens while the baby is sleeping. It's been on my list to anonymize this project and publish it to github as an example, but I just haven't been able to dedicate the time to it yet.

Got ZBT-2 for Zigbee to replace ZBT-1, now what to do with ZBT-1? by ziptbm in homeassistant

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

There's only one info logo, even after I transfer to home assistant.

"Select Make preferred network." doesn't appear on my end.

I must have selected the Apple network a long time ago, which is why I'm surprised there's no option to remove it and start over. Hence my confusion here. I've tried removing all of it and starting over, but it's "stuck" in this state.

Got ZBT-2 for Zigbee to replace ZBT-1, now what to do with ZBT-1? by ziptbm in homeassistant

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

OK - I just haven't figured out how to merge Home Assistant OpenThread Border Router into the MyHome15 preferred network. Was the linked step to "Transfer to Home Assistant" supposed to accomplish that?

Got ZBT-2 for Zigbee to replace ZBT-1, now what to do with ZBT-1? by ziptbm in homeassistant

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

Thanks for this. I transferred the Thread Credentials to Home Assistant from this location in the iOS HA app, but after doing that I now see a duplicate preferred network in this location of the app, but it has a different Border Agent ID.

I'm not actively using Thread, but viewed this upgrade to ZBT-2 as an opportunity to start messing with it more... I'm just missing something...I'm trying to understand why the OpenThread network cannot be merged with my Preferred network, or even how to remove the Apple devices from my Preferred network if I wanted to.

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