Will it work for 40 years? Probably not. Where do you get replacement solenoids for the system?

I could solve these problems by paying somebody to come in and install an expensive multi area air conditioning system…but this is Linus F*cking Tech tips😂😂

you should use that old condenser to cool your rack

If a user doesnt want to learn the software, or simply isnt interested and just wants a tap tap go solution…..THAT. IS. FINE. Really, I have no issue with that. Computer programming can be hard even for people into it on a daily basis. Some guy isnt going to learn, and remember, whatever scripting language is used to make a thing work. Just give em an app and they're happy. Cool.

My problem, and I am in absolute agreeance with Linus on this topic (see the ge switch video….) is with the most basic understanding of networking, and PLC ladder logic, the average 'power user' is more than capable, AND EQUIPED, to provide themselves every air-quote 'feature' they try to marketing double speak you into buying their imaginary walled garden of FAKE proprietary whatever the fuck (they need to add to those open licenses that in using those licenses they are not allowed to pull that 'no you cant have the firmware you have to use our product' crap). I can easily contact my home network, securely, from anywhere on the planet (and out to the moon now), and publish and read the dead ass simple MQTT messages from the server running on my router. And Im nothing special when it comes to programming. The first company that openly advertises "easily jailbreakable hardware, run your own control network 100% internally if you want. Otherwise, we have this app with the cloud if you're not that techy" will make an ABSOLUTE FREAKING KILLING IN THE HOME AUTOMATION AND IoT MARKET!!! IT WILL BE AN ABSOLUTE BLOODBATH!!! Tuya almost had it….but has since gotten a bit tight lipped again. However for a while there they were king to people who knew how computers talk and didnt need some company putting their fingers in their networks.

DEAR HOME AUTOMATION COMPANIES, THE USERS ARENT THAT DUMB. AND THERE ARE TECHIES MORE THAN WILLING TO EXPLAIN TO THEM HOW YOU ARE TRYING TO SCREW THEM OVER. STOP WITH THE WALLED GARDEN BULLSHIT!!! ITS NOT A GOOD LOOK!!! IF YOU WANT THE BIGGEST MARKET SHARE, BE OPEN. BE A LEADER IN OPEN IoT. YOU WILL FINALLY BE ABLE TO MAKE A QUARTERLY REPORT THAT ISNT LYING WITH STATS. OWN THE MARKET BY DOING WHAT THE USERS WANT NOT WHAT MARKETING WANTS!!!! BY CONTUNUING TO ENGAGE IN THIS PRACTICE OF MANIPULATION YOU ONLY HARM YOUR PUBLIC IMAGE WITH THE PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY UNDERSTAND ALL THOSE NUMBERS AND LABLES YOU PUT ON YOUR PRODUCT BOXING. BE A MAN. HAVE SOME BALLS! OPEN YOUR PLATFORM OR GET OFF THE MARKET!!!!

Thanks! I have a boiler in my home with the ancient mercury thermostats. I'm going to checkout the ECOBEE Lite and see if I can replace my zones with them

you can not shock the AC temp because its hard on the AC and the heating

4:06 Oh boy… you know that keeping everything blocked off means that cold air is going to cycle over the cooling coil more than it is designed to, and freeze your coil up, right…? I assume you're about to run in to that later….

Linus, you should have installed a geothermal system to heat your house. A water to water geothermal system would have been such a cheap and environmentally friendly way to heat and cool your house.

I've been using the last couple years to slowly upgrade various parts of my place with Smart Home capabilities. I am a bit constrained being in an apartment at the moment, but have learned a lot.

One thing I had a lot of issues with was the places doing media consumption. In my case a living room, but this could also be a theater room, computer room, etc. Occupancy sensors were causing a lot of issues since you'd normally be fairly still while consuming media. In those spaces I started using a presence sensor instead which really helped a ton. Most are using mmWave technology instead of a basic PIR sensor. It can detect micro movements and even worked in the bedroom while very still during sleep without any "blips" of it not being able to detect my presence.

They're a bit hard to find, there's one by aqara but is only sold in China at the moment. There's some other youtubers who have built their own fairly easily using ESPhome. I can send links if interested! Would be interesting to see one built. Always wanted to do more of that, but small apartments mean little work space 🙁

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