homeassistant@lemmy.worldbyCorhen@lemmy.world
3 months

really happy with my kick plate illumination

lemmy.world English

I’ve wanted to illuminate my kick plates for a long time, starting with my master bathroom, and rolling out to my secondary and kitchen

Finally started today, with a 100w 24v converter, and a gledopto ZigBee controller

Installation was easy, and the controller was quickly picked up. I previously installed a GFCI protected outlet under my sink, so I just plugged it into there.

I don’t have a motion sensor yet, so it’s just a timed automation:

Day: bright white, about 40% brightness Evening: warm white, about 20% brightness After 10: almoast amber, and about 1% brightness, just enough to pee by.

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    • rowinxavier@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3 months

      Very nice, I love the overall effect. Once you have motion sensing are you planning on local reaction or more of a persistence approach? Like a motion sensor and then a timer for turning off or once someone enters the room keeping them on until they leave the room?

      • Corhen@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3 months

        yea, havent decided if it will always be on, and brighten, or only turn on when someones there.

        The energy cost should be nearly nill, a watt or two (it 12 watts at max, and im using it at 5% for standby!)

        • rowinxavier@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3 months

          Nice. I would recommend measuring the usage not from what the device reports but from actually measuring at the wall socket. The conversion is likely meaningfully under the 95% efficiency of some tools and that waste is felt as heat. If you convert to 24V from 120V you will have a significant amount of heat as waste which is unreported in home assistant. If you have the option to use a relay it can actually turn the thing all the way off, allowing almost zero usage when not on, but it can be a little slower to respond.

          • Corhen@lemmy.worldEnglish
            3 months

            Yea, my guess is just based on what the strip says (12+12 watts per meter)

            Only wattmeter I have is an Ikea ZigBee plug, which does draw reporting. Could use that and measure it’s wattage

    • Sips'@slrpnk.netEnglish
      3 months

      Nice one! Although i was surprised to see a wooden floor in a bathroom!

      • CluckN@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3 months

        Agreed, they should’ve taken a lesson from the 70s and used shag carpet.

      • Corhen@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3 months

        ha ha ha, thanks!

        Its not wood, its a click-lock, waterproof vinyl… that just is a really good imitation!

      • The_Jit@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3 months

        I put in cork floor in my bathroom about 16 years ago, it’s held up perfectly. And now I need this kick plate mood lighting.

    • Strit@lemmy.linuxuserspace.showEnglish
      3 months

      I would love to do something like this, also for a mirror backlight, but my bathroom only has 1 outlet, placed in a cubbard above the sink. I can’t get anything from there, unless I want wires all over my bathroom walls and some long ones at that.

      • Corhen@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3 months

        yea, i added costco backlit/heated mirrors.

        Had to run a new wire from my light fixture, but worth it,.

        Pictures a bit old, i’ve replaced the toilet since, as the old one was leaking

      • Corhen@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3 months

        ?

        Total project cost was $30, parts from Aliexpress, and its because i love to tinker

        • titanicx@lemmy.zipEnglish
          3 months

          You did something. Now someone on the Internet is mad. Stop doing things that make you stand out. Don’t you know the rules of the pit?

        • ISuperabound@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3 months

          Well, I did say “got to be”. Just an observation…I obviously don’t know if this was necessary or useful.

          • Corhen@lemmy.worldEnglish
            3 months

            Not blasting my retinas at 3 a.m. when I just want to pee is a pretty solid use case. The full bathroom light is tuned for my wife doing makeup, and it hits like a flashbang.

            If anything, calling someone’s $30 tinkering project “late-stage capitalism” feels more late-stage than the project itself. Criticizing people for having hobbies is a weird hill to die on.

      • rompe@feddit.orgEnglish
        3 months

        The irony that you use a device that’s way more expensive than OP’s lovely project to write this comment…

        • ISuperabound@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3 months

          That’s not irony.

          It also assumes I paid anything for this iPhone 7…which I didn’t.

          But that argument is nonsense, anyways. Apparently you have to be a caveman or you can’t criticize anything? That would be pretty convenient for you.