Category: Home Automation

Summary In this post I show how to use excess electricity from your photovoltaic system or a balcony power plant with an infrared heater to heat your apartment or house. This way you will use less electricity and save a little heating costs at the same time. After you have implemented these instructions, your infrared…

For whom is this description? Changelog 2023-07-03: Why can’t I see directly in the Shelly 3EM how much power I have fed in? Basically, it must be said that the Shelly 3EM does everything correctly and you can see the electricity that is fed in technically correctly displayed. However, this is not true “billing-wise”. Because…

I will show you how in a rental / condominium can connect an electricity meter. This usually always works in the sub-distribution of your apartment. Thus, you have your consumption at a glance and can track down power guzzlers. This is supposed to be a “living” guide, which I like to optimize further. Leave a…

Recently I bought a garage door drive from Rademacher (S1-650N-1). The purchase I made in the opinion, to be able to control this through the normal 433Mhz modules on the Pi. That’s why I made sure when choosing the product, which is controlled with 433 Mhz. Unfortunately I had to learn that this is a rolling…