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What's your laziest or most ridiculous automation? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 5 months ago by to c/homeassistant@lemmy.world
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[–] 20 points 5 months ago (4 children)

I've got a led strip on my toilet door. It turns red when someone is inside (mesured by the wasp in a box principle.

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  • [–] 37 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    I'm unfamiliar with the wasp in a box principle. Is that the one where you keep a box of live wasps in the bathroom and determine if someone is in there based on how recently you've heard a scream?

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  • [–] [S] 13 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 child)

    Suggestion for enhancement: Have the LEDs start out yellow and after a couple of minutes turn them red because entry has likely become hazardous.

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  • [–] 10 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    Where do you guys find power outlets for all these weird placements of LED strips? :D Outlets in my house is not in great places for something like this.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago*

    I lucked out and was simply in a relationship with a gal whom I helped purchase a house with a handy switched power outlet near the ceiling which was likely intended for seasonal decorative lights.
    I co-oped the outlet once we got married but I need to replace the piece of tape that keeps the light in with one of these multi-button zigbee mains-powered switches that fit in multi-gang decora plates. I refuse to do wifi unless I can run esphome on it, and I will only trust matter when it runs over thread.

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