What does it display? How does it connect to the smart meter? What's inside?
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Although these may be Zigbee often the profile is the SE profile which is not compatible with the usual profiles we use for home automation, which generally follows the Zigbee HA profile. Just wanted to mention that as a lot of people think Zigbee and that it could be put easily into home automation systems and they may not be so easy to integrate as people think.
The Anti-Tamper switch can be setup to be silent to notify the utility company when you have opened it as often these devices are rented and not owned by the customer.
It looks like there's a track going from the switch to R40 which is unpopulated, the other side of which goes down towards the voltage regulator at U2. That suggests it might be a pull-up resistor, and the fact that it's not fitted suggests it's floating, hence it may not be active.
My parents have been considering getting solar since before they built their house in 2020. They couldn't do it when the house was built because of the increased cost of materials and labour during the pandemic.
I was speaking to my colleagues at work, one of them has a 10kW system and the other a 15kW system, and surprisingly the one with the 10kW system paid back the cost in just under 3 years, and the one with the 15kW system paid his back in only 2 years. Both of them have batteries and generate a large excess of energy, they basically end up with negative bills over the year, so they're effectively being paid to generate electricity instead of paying to use it.
The latter uses a lot more electricity, so that's why his pay back time was quicker. When you're spending thousands of Aussie dollary doos on electricity every year, installing an excessively large system that reduces your bill to zero or negative makes the pay back quicker, obviously at the expense of higher up-front costs.
Packet radio or LoRa – LoRaWan – Mesh Radio
> Shame you don't have USB SDR – Software-defined radio (SDR)
"Hack RF One" And or "SDR Play" Due can then Can Ears Drop
Just to let you know if you want to Evict Insects like Spiders, Bees, Wasps Use Cherry oil / Spider Repellant Spray for CCTV Cameras & Windows & Doors
Only thing is it need to be redone every 3~6 months
They don't like the Cherry smell at all
"Taking a body full of sweat, into your bed at night". Julian, you know there are ones who want that. Probably in NY or LA. 😯 Maybe Cypress. 😜 I think showering in the evening is a great idea. I miss not having a tub. I have a very small studio apartment. Can't beat the cheap rent, though.
Wow! I never knew your wife was from Hong Kong! Chinese women are Beautiful! I love their culture and intelligence. Thanks again for another awesome video, Julian! I have a job interview coming up with an electronics manufacturing co. in CT, USA. Wish me luck! 😀
The various numbers your showed on screen can actually be used by anyone who has them to pull your electricity usage stats. E.g there's a third party sites called Hildebrand that I used to get my Octopus readings into home assistant. Pretty sure I only needed those numbers.
Jesus I'm using what you use in a week in a day 😂
Octopus has a useful API for grabbing various bits of info. We don’t have solar panels yet, but we do have a plug-in hybrid car. I was going to use the agile pricing to optimise for cost charging the car. However, we now have a deal with cheaper electricity in the early hours, so I just run the charger then
Most smart meters still use 2G, which is why the 2G shutdown has been pushed back so far to give time for the smart meters to wear out and be replaced "naturally", without having to go round to everybody's house (again).
Will they let you switch to Octopus Go for your incoming power, or are you on another supplier for that? I’m attempting to find a solar installer but there’s more chance of Russia going home than having panels on my roof any time soon.
How on earth do you use so little electric 😬
ER34615 Battery, 3.6 V, D, Lithium Thionyl Chloride, 19 Ah, Raised Positive and Flat Negative, 33.1 mm
But see the size: 33 mm x 61.5 mm. So small, and still 19Ah, that is like WOW ! A LiFePO4 of that size only delivers 7Ah at 3.3 Volt(ish).