Bandersnatch

I have Apple TVs connected to my living room and bedroom TVs. The remote has a mic button that I use to change between Netflix, my Plex Server, YouTube, Tidal etc and other interactions

Not everyone in my house likes smart home kit.

I’ve had one for a few years and it does a great job of vacuuming and mopping, but yes it is cloud connected

I purchased 2 FB Portals, one for my brother in the UK and one for myself for smart video calling. It came with Amazon Alexa built in and I have had a few odd instances like “would you like me to order …. for you?” But nothing with Google. Home Assistant is not cloud based so removes that worry.

I tried HA a few years ago using docker on my NAS. It went away to find my smart home devices and came back with a jumbled mess. Last year I was thinking of trying out a Home Assistant Yellow, but it required me to provide my own Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4, and as far as I can tell they're unavailable, so I went for a Green instead. This time it went much more smoothly. HA has really improved in recent years. My original smart home kit from 7-8 years ago was Xiaomi using the Chinese server, but some them have stopped connecting. I purchased an Aquara M3 hub hoping to resurrect them but had limited success. I follow Everything smart home already but will add the other guy thanks.

From my profile pic you will see that I have solar and park very close to my house. I would recommend an LFP battery, I bought one from BYD with nearly 600km of range and fast 150kW charging

I have been using a basic one for a few years, but as it lives in its own app I plan to replace it with something compatible with Home Assistant

Thanks for all the responses. I have just created a very simple introductory video to smart home devices. Feel free to ask any questions

Yes the dashboard looks great. I have 4 Growatt inverters and I have tried the Growatt integration on Home Assistant, but it pings the server so often that Growatt blocks my access for 24 hours!. I have chatted with the guy who made the dashboard I posted and he is using https://solar-assistant.io/shop Yes I have Google mini speakers or Google compatible smart speakers in every room. Maybe you can post some of the things you are doing? I thought I might make a simple intro video for those who have never tried smart home kit.

The dashboard isn’t mine, it’s one I got off one of the forums. My dashboard is very much a work in progress. I will post some screen shots later if this discussion gets some interest.

Can you ask the Q on the smart home discussion I just created so we don’t hijack this one.

I have been using smart home kit for a while now first using Google Home and now with Home Assistant on a HA Green server. This is the sort of thing that can be accomplished:

Maybe this deserves it’s own discussion as I am been toying with smart home kit for a while. I will start one and link it here.

Some solar installations treat the battery as a giant UPS that backups certain circuits in the house. The battery is always kept in reserve for these power-out situations. This seems a bit of a waste in my opinion unless power outages are a nearly daily occurrence. If you think power cuts in your area will only be a couple of hours it would be better to use solar, then battery, then grid power.

Hello @RocketDog thanks for coming to visit. You are replying to a post from April 2022 so not sure if @steve187 got his questioned answered, but both MG and GWM have EV chargers at all their showrooms which are in just about every province now. They both offer free wall chargers with free installation. The condo issue we have discussed elsewhere and I would acknowledge that it is taking too long to get resolved but as most people only drive about 50km per day so a 30 minute stop for coffee or shopping and charge would easily cover a week’s driving.

“I didn’t buy this toaster and have never even seen one in person, but I’ve chosen to give it a 1 star review as I think toasting under the grill is better” “In July 2024, one in seven vehicles sold globally was fully electric, with electric vehicles (EVs) accounting for 14.9% of total vehicle sales worldwide.” https://www.edie.net/one-in-seven-new-cars-worldwide-is-now-electric/ If you want more information about EVs, you could do worse than check out my discussion: https://aseannow.com/topic/1257405-electric-vehicles-in-thailand at over 8,000 replies there is lots to get into. I would also recommend a test drive. I might be a bit biased here but I would suggest you try my latest EV the BYD Seal AWD Performance, @JBChiangRai has one as well as do several other regular contributors to EVs in Thailand.

Can I remind you that you posted: “Higher initial cost, high maintenance costs, poor battery life and expensive replacements, and limited charging locations are a reality” Higher cost I have addressed already as well as “limited charging locations” My MG came with 5 years of completely free servicing (parts and labour) my BYD came with 8 years. My BYD has 8 years 160,000km warranty guaranteed to have at least 70% battery capacity. My house is 100% off-grid (no meter) and I can power my house, 2 EVs and electric motorbike from my solar. My BYD has bi-directional charging giving me over 6 Tesla PowerWalls of extra backup power. You are welcome to your opinions but you are not welcome to your own facts. There is too much disinformation posted about EVs and green technology by people that have no direct experience, yet they try to pass themselves off as experts. I will continue to call out disinformation where I see it.

The times they are a changing https://www.dutchnews.nl/2024/07/half-of-petrol-stations-expected-to-close-in-next-decade/

As I was planning to go fully off-grid in my build I did research DC aircons, I didn’t see hybrids available in Thailand at the time. My conclusion was it was better to pool my solar PV and use it where it was needed, otherwise you could have panels paired with an aircon in a guest bedroom that was rarely used. AC aircons in Thailand are cheap and you can buy them anywhere. DC aircons were very expensive and it just need one gecko!

The most simple and also most expensive option that I know is to buy a power station like an Ecoflow and then plug in their panels. You can then plug stuff in like it was a generator Shop on shopee https://th.shp.ee/NraEZrg

JAECOO 6 Long Range 4WD Land Rover, China, EV power, four-wheel drive, 418 km. (NEDC) in the estimated price of 1,249,000 baht. DETAILS ⬇⬇ https://car2day.com/jaecoo-6-long-range-4wd-lauched-thailand/ #CHERY #OMODA #JAECOO #JAECOO6 #EV #SUV

Looks to me that you're the one doing the spouting https://www.carbonbrief.org/mapped-how-climate-change-affects-extreme-weather-around-the-world/ https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/climate/climate-and-extreme-weather https://science.nasa.gov/climate-change/extreme-weather/ https://royalsociety.org/news-resources/projects/climate-change-evidence-causes/question-13/ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-How-climate-change-worsens-heatwaves-droughts-wildfires-and-floods

If I wanted advice about iPhones I would ask someone who only used Android, that is obvious. You claim that an EV is an "unwise purchasing practice" yet you have no have direct experience to support your premise. I have refuted your arguments against owning an EV in Thailand were this forum is based. EV chargers here in Thailand have been installed recently so they tend to be modern 150kW types which may not be the case in other countries. Legacy auto manufactures are late to the party and their products can't compete. Case in point Toyota, who has sold only 66 EVs in Thailand this year, all in January and none since. BYD has sold 17,396. Total vehicle sales (ICE + EVs) in Thailand in July was down 20.6% YOY https://www.marklines.com/en/statistics/flash_sales/automotive-sales-in-thailand-by-month EV sales on the other hand were up over 13% YOY

I own 2 EVs and have been driving EVs in Thailand for over 4 years and never had a problem changing away from home. Try the PlugShare app - screen shot below My latest EV has a 600km range

Just your opinion based on not actually owning an EV. How about some facts instead? The MG EP is known as the MG 5 in other countries and if you want to know what they look like after 120,000 miles: