As much as I love automations, I think my favorite part of Home Assistant is the insights it can give

I made some pasta after work yesterday, and you can clearly see the humidity spike in the house when boiling the water. Gotta remember to turn the extraction hood on if I don't want mold!

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MsPenguinette@lemmy.world · 33 pts · 43d (2 replies)

It starts with a little insight and ends with data hoarding. I have independent temperature, humidity, and air quality sensors in every single room. I’m chasing that data dragon

ShutUpWesley@piefed.zip · 12 pts · 43d (1 reply)

That is 100% my goal.

xelar@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 42d

Be your own, local Alexa ;)

tburkhol@slrpnk.net · 9 pts · 43d (2 replies)

Add CO2 or pm 2.5, and you'll really see when you cook. Boiling pasta doesn't do much in my place, but my humidity ranges from 65-75%. (I prefer to watch the dewpoint, which is basically glued to 19°C all summer)

bremen15@piefed.social · 4 pts · 42d

How nice to See someone with a clue about thermodynamics

TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 43d

I have a CO2 sensor I got from China for like 35 bucks, and was able to reverse engineer the api

manuallybreathing@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 42d

The stove top extractors are especially important if you've got a gas cook top, those things are baaaaad for you :(

frongt@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 43d (4 replies)

Why not wire the hood to an air sensor?

SiblingNoah@piefed.social · 6 pts · 43d (2 replies)

Most hoods are plugged into an outlet in the cabinet above it. Just pop a smart plug in there and leave the switch on the hood on.

ThePantser@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 43d

I used a Shelly relay to add smarts to my dumb hood. Just interrupt the switches.

ShutUpWesley@piefed.zip · 4 pts · 43d

That powers the light too, so I'd rather not lose that.

ShutUpWesley@piefed.zip · 4 pts · 43d

I may try, but I'm in an apartment and I'm not sure if I can pull it off without damaging the hood.

thanksforreading@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 42d (3 replies)

I'm in the market for air sensors (temp, humidity and quality etc). What are some good options for HA?

Kage520@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 42d (1 reply)

I like my Apollo air 1. I have an alert set for when the air quality is poor for over 30 minutes, but mostly it just shows up after I made toast.

HiTekRedNek@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 42d

Apollo sensors > *

huangrydude@lm.boing.icu · 2 pts · 39d

I just got 2 of the new Ikea ones. They have CO2, temp, humidity and pm 2.5 . Working flawless (apart from having wrong time) . Connected via Matter

TBi@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 42d

I recommend a dehumidifier! Great to keep humidity down.