As much as I love automations, I think my favorite part of Home Assistant is the insights it can give (lemmy.nz)

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I made some pasta after work yesterday, and you can clearly see the humidity spike in the house when boiling the water. Gotta remember to turn the extraction hood on if I don't want mold!

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[-] frongt@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 months ago

Why not wire the hood to an air sensor?

[-] SiblingNoah@piefed.social 6 points 2 months ago

Most hoods are plugged into an outlet in the cabinet above it. Just pop a smart plug in there and leave the switch on the hood on.

[-] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago

I used a Shelly relay to add smarts to my dumb hood. Just interrupt the switches.

[-] ShutUpWesley@piefed.zip 4 points 2 months ago

That powers the light too, so I'd rather not lose that.

[-] ShutUpWesley@piefed.zip 5 points 2 months ago

I may try, but I'm in an apartment and I'm not sure if I can pull it off without damaging the hood.

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