As much as I love automations, I think my favorite part of Home Assistant is the insights it can give
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!
It starts with a little insight and ends with data hoarding. I have independent temperature, humidity, and air quality sensors in every single room. I’m chasing that data dragon
That is 100% my goal.
Be your own, local Alexa ;)
The stove top extractors are especially important if you've got a gas cook top, those things are baaaaad for you :(
Add CO
2or pm 2.5, and you'll really see when you cook. Boiling pasta doesn't do much in my place, but my humidity ranges from 65-75%. (I prefer to watch the dewpoint, which is basically glued to 19°C all summer)How nice to See someone with a clue about thermodynamics
I have a CO2 sensor I got from China for like 35 bucks, and was able to reverse engineer the api
I'm in the market for air sensors (temp, humidity and quality etc). What are some good options for HA?
I just got 2 of the new Ikea ones. They have CO2, temp, humidity and pm 2.5 . Working flawless (apart from having wrong time) . Connected via Matter
I like my Apollo air 1. I have an alert set for when the air quality is poor for over 30 minutes, but mostly it just shows up after I made toast.
Apollo sensors > *
Why not wire the hood to an air sensor?
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.
I used a Shelly relay to add smarts to my dumb hood. Just interrupt the switches.
That powers the light too, so I'd rather not lose that.
I may try, but I'm in an apartment and I'm not sure if I can pull it off without damaging the hood.
I recommend a dehumidifier! Great to keep humidity down.