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Tell me why I shouldn't order this? -- (link)

Posted by oblique (aka kkuphal) Aug 9 '24, 12:25

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I would totally combine this with window/door sensors and have an alert to close them when it starts raining (smarthomescene.com)

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Might be better to get weather alerts ahead of time instead of when it's already raining. But I get where you are going and the price isn't bad. - sycor Aug 9, 12:36 4
- Also I'm terrible with zigbee2mqtt. I just don't get it and haven't taken the time to understand it. If it does work with ZHA, I usually avoid it. -- nm - sycor Aug 9, 12:49
- It's data. Apparently useless data just hasn't been studied long enough ;-) - JD Aug 9, 12:43
- I had to laugh the other night. I have a static rule in our MyQ that closes our garage door if it is open at 8pm. We arrived home at like 7:59:50 - oblique Aug 9, 12:38 1
  - Oh that sounds dangerous. I can totally see the garage door coming down and things going crash. -- nm - sycor Aug 9, 12:47
$20!! What do you have to lose? - JD Aug 9, 12:35
If it’s waterproof, go for it. -- nm - Loyola Aug 9, 12:35
isn't looking out your window to see if it's raining easier and cheaper???????????? -- nm* - Peglegpete Aug 9, 12:32 4
- But then you have to *remember* that you need to close them. - Spawn Aug 9, 12:34 3
  - and then -- (link) - JD Aug 9, 12:47 [youtube]
  - if any are open, you can hear the rain -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 9, 12:38 1
    - "I love that sound." - Spawn Aug 9, 12:48
because it is so realistic looking that bees will try to polinate it and die from repeateedly bashing into the plastic and this will result in - decline Aug 9, 12:29 1
- so two? -- nm - oblique Aug 9, 12:32
Is your house all smart home technology so its like the bridge of the Enterprise or something? -- nm - crash davis 😺 Aug 9, 12:29 3
- kinda? Lots of motion sensors right now (hallway lights, undercounter lights in kitchen, etc.). Non-motion lights are voice controlled -- (edited) - oblique Aug 9, 12:31 1
  - 🤣 kind of -- nm - JD Aug 9, 12:36
- like the Pierce Brosnan voiced house on The Simpsons -- nm - Beaker 🍻 Aug 9, 12:31

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