DIY: How to make a smart garage heater
In this article, I’ll show you how to take a regular 5000W electric heater and turn it into a smart heater using a low-cost WiFi smart switch and a relay.
Smart Home Basics
5 Smart Switches for heavy duty loads
There is no shortage of smart switches and plugs available for your typical in-home application. There’s probably 100 different brands, and if you look, you should be able to find just about any feature you could want. However, your average smart switch can only handle somewhere between 10 and 15 amps of electrical current. That’s …
4 Smart Switches that work with your smart bulbs
Lots of experts recommend smart switches over smart bulbs because they are easier to use. However, without smart bulbs, you won’t get the awesome benefit of color changing or white-shifting lights. You can debate the pros and cons of smart switches and smart bulbs (which I’ve done here), but I don’t want to choose one …
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Should you use a Powerline Adapter to extend your home network?
In order to create an awesome smart home that is reliable and easy to use, you have to have a robust home network. If your WiFi router is leaving you with spotty, unreliable coverage, a powerline adapter may be able provide the extra coverage you need. Ideally, a home would have ethernet cable drops in …
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Is a Smart Smoke Alarm worth it?
Regular smoke alarms are dirt cheap. The cheapest models can be bought for about $5. The city I live in actually gives them away for free. So why would anybody pay $100 or more for a single smoke detector? Well, because it’s a smart smoke detector. I love connected devices. Heck, I created an entire …