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Make Dumb Appliances Smart

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Written by: Kenneth Watt
Category: Home Automation
Published: 23 January 2026
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Smart appliances have been a thing for many years, with manufacturers trying to figure out something to hook people into the notion of wanting to buy and, presumably, pay more for. Thus far, not a lot of success.

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Zigbee Matter Hue Bulbs

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Written by: Kenneth Watt
Category: Home Automation
Published: 18 September 2025
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I see this all the time, people that say use Hue, use Zigbee, use Matter and all of them I use and all of them have pros and cons.

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Spook!

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Written by: Kenneth Watt
Category: Home Automation
Published: 25 July 2025
Hits: 267

A superb plugin for Home Assistant that every Hass user should install immediately as it solve or, can solve a lot of problems and save hours of frustration in trying to track down errors!

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Bed Sensor For Home Assistant

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Written by: Kenneth Watt
Category: Home Automation
Published: 14 July 2025
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I wanted a bed sensor, I really needed to be able to tell if my partner is or is not in bed and using previous HA systems this was not possible so I had to sorta fudge together things to get as close as I wanted to what was required. I didn’t get very close in reality.

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QIA Chip Fan Control

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Written by: Kenneth Watt
Category: Home Automation
Published: 04 April 2025
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I wanted to make an old ceiling fan that was “dumb” and couldn’t be controlled other than manually smart without having to buy a new unit and have the hassle of swapping it. Something I’d been thinking about for a while and couldn’t find much info on. 

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