Home Automation

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Home automation is the residential extension of building automation.

It is automation of the home, housework or household activity.

Home automation may include centralized control of lighting, HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning), appliances, security locks of gates and doors and other systems, to provide improved convenience, comfort, energy efficiency and security.

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Battery operated decorations (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by Consistent-Force5375@alien.top to c/homeautomation@selfhosted.forum

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Use case: Christmas village powered by AA and AAA batteries.

Question: is there any way to automate these items? The only way I can think of a method to do this would be to modify where each items switch is located and wiring in a remote of some sort. But I’m just trying to find a less invasive method if possible, but I’m not holding out a bunch of hope…

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[–] Stew_Era@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

you could consider using smart plugs with built-in timers to automate the decorations. This way, you can schedule when the Christmas village lights up without modifying the items themselves. It's a non-invasive and convenient solution for battery-operated decorations.