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Monitoring Energy Usage in Home Assistant

ByAndy April 9, 2025April 9, 2025

With an upcoming solar installation, I also wanted to be able to monitor my overall energy usage via Home Assistant. There are multiple ways to integrate this, most of which are listed in Home Assistant’s electric monitoring guide. My electrical meter is on the outside of the house, having to install a device there to…

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Making Simple Mini Splits Smarter
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Making Simple Mini Splits Smarter

ByAndy February 28, 2025February 28, 2025

I have 2 Fujitsu ASU9RMLQ heat pump mini splits in my house, as well as 5 thermostats for the whole home heating system, equaling 7 climate devices currently in total! To make management of all these devices easier, the goal was to add everything to Home Assistant. The thermostats were relatively easy, I ran new…

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Greenhouse Temperature Sensor

ByAndy February 21, 2025March 5, 2025

My next project is going to be setting up a new greenhouse. I ordered the popular Costco Yardistry 8×10 Greenhouse while it was still on sale this winter. I’m hoping to get it setup as early as the weather let’s me. Of course, the greenhouse will have to be as smart as possible. Step 1…

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Hello World!

ByAndy February 19, 2025February 28, 2025

Welcome to my new blog for smart home projects. I’m constantly setting up new automations utilizing Home Assistant and figured some of them are worth sharing with the world. Stay tuned!

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