IoT

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  29 October 20253 min read

  Fixing the Endless Battery Problem with Zamel RGT-01

  Five Zamel RGT-01 radiator heads eating batteries every month or two, swapped for 230 V actuators driven by Shelly 1 Mini Gen4 and a generic thermostat in Home Assistant.

  • Home Assistant
  • Smart Home
  • IoT
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  29 May 20252 min read

  How can I receive a notification if the UV lamp in the basement stops working?

  A UV lamp in a water purification station stops at random and nobody notices. A Wemos D1 mini with a photoresistor, ESPEasy, Cloudflare Pages and Pushover fixed that.

  • IoT
  • ESP8266
  • ESPEasy
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  4 February 20251 min read

  Flashing Wemos D1 mini pro is not that easy if the cable is not right

  Windows refused to recognise a USB-C Wemos D1 mini pro no matter which driver I installed. The board had power all along — the cable was the problem.

  • IoT
  • ESP8266
  • ESPEasy