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 11 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 11 months ago

Since I converted to Nest six years ago, I have had zero false alarms. I had gotten tired of false trips on First Alert from humidity (among other causes).

I only test mine about twice a year, I like that they report their status to the app, so I can check battery level.

My house is old, I have battery only units, no hardwire. Having the units interconnected over radio was critical for me. I installed with Duracell Lithium batteries, and have not had to change them yet. I wonder if they'll go the full ten years on one set.

They are expensive, I will grant that. Also note that they use a photoelectric smoke sensor, which is great for smoky smouldering fires, but slower than ionization based detectors on fast burning fires.