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Why do you combine a door sensor with a motion sensor, when the motion sensor would be enough to turn on the lights? I have a motion sensor in my bathroom and whenever I walk in the lights turn on. I don't see the need for an additional door sensor.
Great question! I found the contact sensor to respond faster than using a motion sensor for when I open the door and walk in, but motion sensor is used for auto turning off the light cause sometimes i dont close the door when leaving
i use contact and motion sensors in a few rooms. Love having the redundancy, in case a door is left open. for your shower automation, toss in a humidity sensor. my lights turn off when theres no motion in the bathroom, but only if the humidity is under 80% (small shower, sensor is close to the showerhead so it runs up to 80% in just a minute or two). cool video, though. i like the lighting ideas. when our daughter was born, i automated everything i could in her room and have some fun stuff. motion in her room after 8pm turns off her overhead lights, turns on the lamp, the bed LEDs and a virtual switch called Nap Time, which disabled the motion automations in her room, her closet and changes the behavior of the lights in the hall, for example.
When my daughter was younger, I had all sorts of HomeKit automations that made life a lot easier for my wife and I. From bottle warmers to nap time scenes and a ton of contact and motion sensors everywhere! Good stuff Adam! Congratulations again on the baby!
Makes me laugh, you automate the bathroom lights and then put a little cube to disable the automation. Why not get rid of the automation in there and use a conventional light switch, life would be so much easier.
Nice video, these are cool ideas. Question for you, how’s the battery life on the Aqara sensors and mini switch? Specifically the mini switch. I’m sick of the Smartthings buttons because they burns through CR2450 batteries in less than 2 weeks. I picked up some of the Aqara buttons last week , so far so good but I’m curious how do they hold up long-term from a battery life perspective?
I had the shower problem as well. To fix it just added an extra motion sensor on top of the shower pointing down. Then make a rule that both bathroom motion sensors must have no movement in 5 minutes before switching off. Thanks for the video!
although this is true, the motion sensor is rated for 2 years of use i believe. i use another motion sensor more heavily than the laundry room for years now and haven't had to replace the battery once
For the shower issue, why not just use a humidity sensor? if you are showering humidity will be high and the light stays on. Once it drops the light (and possibly fdan) turn off
Red is associated with anger, warning, danger. Blue is associated with calming and relaxation. :) hence why a stop sign is red and not blue. Blue wouldn’t have the same effect as a warning.
Wow like the pace. How do you like the the Phillips down lights? Thinking of adding a few in my kitchen vs the older style cans with bulbs I have in other areas with Phillips br30 bulbs. Just a pain to install.
Glad you enjoyed the video :) the philips hue downlights are great. they took maybe 5 mins a piece to install and i've used them for about 3 years now and they work great! plus HomeKit support is 🔥
@@AdamsTechLife Which ones do you have? I was just at Home Depot they have the easy connect ones plus different sizes etc. Seems to be more choices then before.
Tengo el apple tv 3rd Gen y 2 Home Pods mini. Que enchufes o luces me recomiendas para reemplazar las luces de la casa.y empezar hacerla un poco inteligente
Hey Adam. Just a question. In your bathroom, instead of using the Aqara cube, why don’t you use the Aqara button instead? Ps. Congratulations on the little one. My daughter is now 3 months old 😅.
Hello, great question! The aqara mini switch doesn't work with Alexa so i'm unable to use a button press to toggle the automation, that would be cool though! and thanks so much! congratulations to you too my friend! :)
I’m all about automation and I have a fairly smart home. But homie that setup with the cube in the bathroom is ridiculous. Just use the damn switch to cut the light off and on in the bathroom. Some times our smart home way of solving issues is the very definition of finding a problem to fix that has a perfectly good solution already in place.
