Efficient water management is crucial for extended voyages. Let’s explore how to set up a smart system to monitor your water tanks, calculate consumption and refill rates, and provide real-time insights into your water usage, assuming you already have a sensor reporting your tank level in liters to Home Assistant.
Read MoreIn our previous posts, we’ve discussed various aspects of power management on a sailboat. Today, we’re diving deep into how we control our Victron Quattro inverter/charger using Home Assistant. This setup allows for easy Inverter and Charger control and seamless integration with our other boat systems.
Read MoreLiving aboard a sailboat with modern amenities requires careful power management. Today, we’ll explore an automation that attempts to protects your battery system. This setup demonstrates how to prioritize power usage and protect your batteries from over-discharge.
Read MoreOne of the challenges of living on a sailboat is managing your energy efficiently. Solar panels are great, but what do you do when your batteries are full and you’re still generating excess power? Today, we’ll explore one of our automations that puts that excess energy to good use by heating your water.
Read MoreWhen your home is constantly on the move, keeping your smart home system updated with your current location can be a challenge. Here’s a simple yet effective automation we use to keep our Home Assistant instance aware of our sailboat’s location:
Read MoreAs sailors, we’re always at the mercy of the weather. While modern forecasting has come a long way, sudden storms can still catch us off guard. Today, we’ll explore how to set up an advanced lightning alert system for your sailboat using Home Assistant and the Blitzortung lightning detection network.
Read MoreHere’s a quick & deprecated way of installing kwindem GuiMods on your Victron ccgx or cerbo. The official way is called blind install and is documented in the repository but not verbose enough if anything goes wrong.
Read MoreIf you’re running Home Assistant Supervised on an unsupported system like Ubuntu, you might encounter a random error stating that the system isn’t healthy because the supervisor is unprivileged. This issue can be frustrating, but there are simple solutions available.
Read MoreYou might be like me, after all those years being happy on KNX you decided to add some non-KNX lights to the home and can’t turn them off with your magic bedside “All-Off” button.
Read MoreThe ESP32-S2 is a powerful and versatile microcontroller that’s popular among IoT enthusiasts and makers. However, flashing it with ESPHome can sometimes be tricky. This guide will walk you through the process, helping you avoid common pitfalls and save time.
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