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That's good, @johndunlop; the fact we can see the battery details are reporting 97% full confirms that not only is Home Assistant set up to communicat...
Thanks, @johndunlop So if you go to Settings, Devices and Services and then choose Devices at the top of the screen, are you able as the documentati...
I have mixed feelings here. I agree that the trunking looks awful on what is otherwise a fairly pretty looking building. I don't personally find the f...
No problem, @editor. Let's see what we can do. @johndunlop, what you're talking about is a fairly complex setup and rather reminiscent of something ...
That's because a child's place isn't on a roof; it's up a chimney. And with all this renewable energy stuff going on, chimneys are becoming a rarity. ...
I quite agree. That said, I'm well aware there are plenty of people who do not realise how much of an impact burning resinous wood has. I've seen pl...
The poll, of course, is missing a choice or two (ain't 20:20 hindsight a wonderful thing, @editor). Reiterating what I and others have said before on ...
You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din. I work with technology all the time and my general maths and logic skills are perfectly up to snuff. My st...
You’re right, @bontwoody. That is very interesting.
No, 2nd was not a one-off. No, the carbon intensity doesn’t normally peak at another time. In fact it doesn’t normally peak at any particular time. O...
You’da thunk, wouldn’t you? But that’s not borne out by the data. For instance, on 2nd September the peak carbon intensity (300g/kWh) was at 9am (abou...
Dynamic charging, yes definitely. You can get as clever as you want with a home automation system to ensure you charge at a cheaper rate than you then...
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