This is where I explore building a smarter home, mostly through trial, error and curiosity. Expect Home Assistant experiments, sensors, automations and the occasional thing that works better than expected.
Smart Home
Our battery was full, solar was still generating, and we were exporting for nothing. So we built a Home Assistant automation to divert excess solar into heating our hot water tank instead.
Smart Home
We needed to stop Intelligent Octopus Go from draining our Powerwall during daytime EV charges — without interfering with Octopus's control. Here's how we built our first Home Assistant automation to solve it.