Home Automation

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Home automation is the residential extension of building automation.

It is automation of the home, housework or household activity.

Home automation may include centralized control of lighting, HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning), appliances, security locks of gates and doors and other systems, to provide improved convenience, comfort, energy efficiency and security.

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Google Nest Protect, worth it? (alien.top)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Looking to upgrade the smoke detectors in a 1400 sq foot 3br house. I think I'll need 4 of them. I'd like something that is easy to silence when I'm cooking, and can alert me to problems when I'm not there.

Google Nest Protect is recommended, but at > $100 per each they are quite expensive.

Worth it?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

the Nest will only connect/trigger with other Nest detectors. if you existing hardwire smokes alarm goes off the nest can not silence them. if you just want a way to know remotely if there is a fire or CO issue then the Nest will work for that. if you want to make the house solely Nest then you need one in each bedroom, one outside in a common area of the bedrooms (hallway etc) one in living room/common area, garage, top of stair wells. contact your fire department to see what code would be if you would need additional units. but you are looking at >$500 easy.

another option is to get a Google home/alexa/homepod as they can be set to listen for your current smoke alarms and/or breaking glass and send you an alert to your phone.