Subj : Re: Cloudflare - Tunnel
To   : Shaggy #1
From : Weatherman
Date : Tue Dec 20 2022 07:01 am


S> It's amazing how far home automation technology has come in the last ten
S> years or so. We only have a little going on here. Sometimes I feel lucky
S> if I have enough time to change the oil and replace the furnace filter. If
S> I didn't buy them for my birthday a few weeks back, we would've never put
S> the xmas lights up outside. :)

Yes, very true.  What started things for me was my wife asking if we could do 
something with our old security system that was in the house and never used.  I 
converted the system to be smart using Konnected and have added boat loads of 
other things ever since.  I have at least half of all light switches in the 
house are TPlink smart WiFi switches in Home Assistant, I custom added the 
garage doors, temperature sensors in the server room, smoke detectors, security 
cameras, lights, thermostat, alarm, motion sensors, device tracking, humidity, 
water sensors, Android TV/NVidia Shields, Christmas stuff, UPS battery 
monitoring, wake up alarms, Internet radio, crypto tracking, current weather, 
etc.. all are "smart" and things I have added to Home Assistant.

S> This year I splurged and bought two 400' long strings of LED outdoor xmas
S> lights. I have them strung up along the street side of our property, barn,
S> and fence lines. Right now they are just a calming steady set of xmas
S> colors. When the time is right, I am going to switch them to 'disco' mode
S> and see how long it takes my neighbors to freak out.
S> 
S> Happy Holidays everyone!!

I did the same thing years ago, but unfortunatly many of them no longer work. I 
have yet to find decent quality Christmas lights in my lifetime.  The wire that 
was used in the sets that I bought is more thin than a human hair.  It is no 
wonder they get disconnected internally and break all the time.  The LED lights 
themselves are fine, just the wire is crap.

I would pay twice as much for ones that are made of quality, but I have yet to 
find them.  Everything is made in China and complete garbage.

- Mark

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