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Took the day off to sort out my nerd cupboard 

Editing videos has become more difficult... 

There are some amazing updates in the next Home Assistant release! Lewis from  @EverythingSmartHome has all the deets - check it out! 

It has been a productive morning 🤫 

TIL I can change the minimum brightness of Candeo dimmer switches, and it's been life-changing! ❤️ 

All in a day's work for a smart home consultant.

 https://youtu.be/_T_B0lqsolE 

Thanks everyone who watched and commented on my last video about my kitchen lights! Some folks asked about the power consumption of the lights, and others made some great suggestions about switching to spade connectors to connect the cables to my power supply (Which I've now done).

The WLED lights use about 7.5W on standby, and 61W on full power with all the LEDs at max brightness. 

You can reduce the standby consumption with a relay that turns the big power supply when the lights are due to turn on.  More information can be found at the QuinLED Website:  https://quinled.info/2020/06/12/quinled-dig-uno-using-a-power-supply-relay/ 

If you missed my video - here it is:  https://youtu.be/dXpXlOBR3RQ 

This is honestly the most exciting tech announcement I've seen all year. Local, private, customisable smart home voice assistants are here, and they're actually good! 

I had so much fun learning about big WLED installations whilst installing my smart kitchen lights! I think they came out great, what do you think?

 https://youtu.be/dXpXlOBR3RQ 

It's the Home Assistant birthday party today! Come along and watch as they reflect on 10 years of Home Assistant 🎂🤯