Home Assistant beginners

Hodders said:
Really enjoying learning about this!

Are there any downsides to having 12 spots on one supply (all left on) and relying on smart bulbs to setup zones?
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I don't see why not - you'd do that with dumb switches (12 bulbs on one lighting circuit).

I suppose have a look at the supply and make sure it's up to the current drawn by all 12 bulbs?

This is assuming you'll/other inhabitants will never go back to 20 or 50 watt halogen bulbs I guess.
 
Home Assistant is one of those things I've always wanted to try. I'm undecided whether to pickup Home Assistant Green or pickup a cheap Raspberry Pi 5, although I'm going towards the Green. Anyone used either of these?

Edit: I've gone with the Green as I feel like this would better serve my purposes
 
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hamesy said:
Home Assistant is one of those things I've always wanted to try. I'm undecided whether to pickup Home Assistant Green or pickup a cheap Raspberry Pi 5, although I'm going towards the Green. Anyone used either of these?

Edit: I've gone with the Green as I feel like this would better serve my purposes
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Green is a good choice and will last you longer should you wish to start doing more complex tasks involving more integrations and add-ons.
 
Managed to get it to pulled in all my devices apart from an Amazon smart plug that they were giving away when you bought an Echo years ago. I can't for the life of me figure out how to get it to show in Home Assistant.

Hopefully my Octopus Mini arrives today and I can start pulling in that data.
 
It can be, sometimes if you try to write multiple commands too quickly, they don’t all take. That’s my experience anyway.

I’ve switched over to Predbat from manual automations and I’ve not had any issues since.
 
I've plugged in the EV and it's forced battery charge. I did this after resending date/time info on the givenergy cloud portal.

I seem to recall that was the cause last time
 
Looking to get into this Smart Home stuff starting with the Thermostat, last winter it was having to be reprogrammed quite often, manually increasing temps at times when it was chilly. Would be very handy to have it app based.

I'm keen to go open source or open protocol so I dont have to replace stuff when suppliers discontinue stuff or go bust. So I assume Home Assistant is the way to go for the overarching control/integration.

I'd like to eventually have:

Solar Panels + battery
Radiator smart TRVs
Possibly an ASHP
Electric Vehicle

But I want to start with changing my Thermostat.

What would I need to get started? Do I need to find a decent thermostat and buy the Home Assistant Green (dont fancy doing my own box)? Any recommendations on Thermostat if you are going from a blank slate?
 
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