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Omacitin@lemmy.worldto
Home Improvement@lemmy.world•Just used spray foam for the first time...
1·2 years agoCan confirm, the metal spray guns are way better than the disposable cans. Their ‘reusable’ disposable cans had poor flow and kept clogging on me.
Why eat bugs when you could eat lentils?
Omacitin@lemmy.worldto
[Dormant] Electric Vehicles (Moved to !electricvehicles@slrpnk.net)@lemmy.world•Tesla to bring electric semi truck production to Gigafactory Berlin
3·2 years agoWikipedia says Europe uses mainly the shorter cab-over-engine tractors in order to maximize trailer length while staying under the total length limit. They commonly pull standard ISO shipping containers, so in that case at least the difference is all in the tractor.
I see the Unistrut SLR100 solar panel clamps and they appear to be UL-listed, so that does seem like a good option . I just need to find galvanized or aluminum strut locally.
Do you have any recommendations for hardware to mount the strut to the roof?
Omacitin@lemmy.worldto
science@lemmy.world•Largest US solar-storage project goes online
14·2 years agoThe storage capacity is sized for daily consumption, not the yearly figure you quoted. And of course, this is one small project out of the hundreds of plants that will be needed to meet climate goals.
The biggest issue with solar right now is that the output varies over the course of the day, leaving other power plants to take up the load at night or during cloudy weather. The attached battery storage averages out the solar plant’s output, letting it be a useful contributor to the grid around the clock. There’s other benefits like grid stabilization and peak shaving, where the battery stores and releases oversupply from the rest of the grid, not just the attached solar panels.
OP here, I ended up purchasing one USI MI106S, which advertises the following:
- Combines the benefits of both Photoelectric & Ionization technology in one alarm
- Smart Alarm Technology virtually eliminates nuisance alarms
- Automatic temperature and humidity compensation continuously adjusts to variations in environmental conditions, reducing nuisance alarms
Which sounds like what I’m looking for. I’ll try some informal tests on it before I buy more.
It’s a good idea, but at this point I’m too frustrated to wait a few months to see if the moved alarm does or does not go off. And then I’d have to figure out what’s different and how to fix it.
Right now I’d rather spend some money and get smarter alarms, if they’re available.
Omacitin@lemmy.worldto
Ask Science@lemmy.world•Would a mechanical counter pressure suit make you poop?English
9·2 years agoBut the pressure from the atmosphere applies to both sides of the sphincter, resulting in zero net pressure. Unless the suit actually does press against the outside of the sphincter like it does the rest of the body, I think OP’s concern about the suit squeezing you like a tube of toothpaste is valid.
Maybe the suit only applies a few PSI instead of the full 14.7, which it seems like one’s sphincters would be able to withstand.
Omacitin@lemmy.worldto
homeassistant@lemmy.world•Another successful Honeywell T6 installEnglish
1·2 years agoFYI, there is a Scheduler card that might make that automation easier.
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homeassistant@lemmy.world•Another successful Honeywell T6 installEnglish
5·2 years agoI’ve got a T6 Z-Wave also, controlling a 2-stage heat pump. I have it connected to HA through Zwave2mqtt. It’s been pretty great except for two things:
A. Changing the time has no effect, as if the clock is read-only due to a hardware issue. I’ve had to set up the daily schedule in HA instead, but it’s probably better that way anyway.
B. I can’t see the stage and aux heat status in HA. Looks like all it exposes is a ‘heating’ or ‘cooling’ state. Anybody know how to get more info?
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homeassistant@lemmy.world•ZigBee RGB Lightbulb w/o 3rd party appEnglish
1·2 years agoI’ve had 10 of the RGB ones, E21-N1EA, for a few months now and they’ve been working perfectly. Not the brightest or the most accurate color, but they’re simple, cheap, and local-only.
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homeassistant@lemmy.world•Cloud services for controlling things inside your house are the worstEnglish
2·2 years agoHave you checked out Frigate? It’s a local service that captures RTSP streams from cameras and uses neural net image recognition to trigger events / recordings. It has good integration with Home Assistant.

I’m running it on a DS918+ right now. I copied-pasted their docker-compose file and had it up in half an hour or so.