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Wood burning season is in full swing and I have been on a quest to burn as efficiently as possible, both to conserve wood and prevent creosote buildup in the chimney flue. Our home has a 2008 era Hearthstone Heritage pre-catalyst EPA stove. The common approach to measuring wood stove
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This year I've been expanding the electrical footprint in our home. I plan to begin a large solar install next year, so replacing our oil heat and propane appliances with electric has been high on my to do list. I added a circuit for our basement laundry, two
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After mostly finishing construction on our 8x8 chicken coop and 4x8 goose coop over the past year, the last thing left to do was make it smart. I had previously installed an Ador Turkey door on the goose coop and an Omlet Chicken door on the chicken coop. These have
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I was always really intrigued by the Phillips Ambilight TV lineup - this product included embedded LEDs on the back of the TV that mirrored the colors of the TV on the screen onto the wall behind it, creating a more immersive viewing experience. Phillips has discontinued the original ambilight
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I installed 2 minisplits this summer, a 24K BTU Gree Sapphire in the kitchen/main living space and a 12K BTU Gree Sapphire in the master bedroom. They kept the house very comfortable during the hottest days of summer and I'm looking forward to using them to complement
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I haven't touched a switch of any kind in my bathroom for months, it feels like magic, and it's all thanks to the Aqara FP2. I've tried to setup some presence based home assistant automations in the past using PIR motion sensors, but they&
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A couple of weekends ago, I installed our home's first mini-split. Our home has two existing forms of conditioning - an oil fired boiler in the basement feeds hydronic baseboard radiators, and a hearthstone wood stove in the living room. The wood stove is great and practically free
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I've been using every home assistant user's favorite NVR, Frigate, for a couple of years. The majority of my property is covered by hardwired Reolink RLC-520As - these aren't on Frigate's recommended hardware list, but they're frequently on sale in