I ran into Jason who formerly ran Brooks Cycles (fuck data centers). He opened up an FFL and he's been able to source things for me at a killer price. When you order through him you get a good price and no transfer fees.
If youre up by Aldie - totally worth reaching out to Jason
I'm using an everything presence pro with HA to automate the lights in my family room and kitchen. It's been great for the most part. When the lux meter is below a threshold and we walk in, it turns on the lights. If it's been awhile since I've been downstairs at night, it turns them on at 25% dim. No one around for 10 minutes? Lights go out. Everytime i think of a tweak, we add it.
This has been great for awhile but I ran into a snag yesterday. I was home sick and all I wanted to do was lay on the couch and read then nap. It's hard to nap with the lights on and the presence sensor kept turning them on.
There has to be a better way but I was sick and just wanted a nap so I
- created a helper called nap mode
- updated my automations so lights only come on when nap mode is off
- created an automation to clear nap mode after 12 hours
- exposed it to Alexa
- made way too big of a button on our primary dashboard (apparently!)
How would you handle this? 99% of the time it works as expected but sometimes I need to break from the routine... when I'm too lazy/tired/sick to haul my butt upstairs.