Let's talk about "smart" homes

[Climber]

I'm sure some of those zany Japanese models have something like that. Basic Toilets are cheap and have an EUL of like 50 years.

Installing air venting systems in a water sloshing device like that sounds like a recipe for horror though.

It depends on how you go about it. You'd have to have an intermediate chamber that would allow for the water to mostly be removed from the flow of air.

What doesn't make sense is trying to clear the air in a room of much larger volume than a toilet bowl, that's why people have to avoid entering for 25,35 minutes.

 

[tzrider]

As it is, a courtesy flush helps quite a bit. Flush the thing as soon as the turd hits the water and before it has time to bob back up.

 

[Kurosaki]

The big brains of BARF discussing how to avoid the stench of farts and poop.

Good use of our resources here.

 

[Eldritch]

It depends on how you go about it. You'd have to have an intermediate chamber that would allow for the water to mostly be removed from the flow of air.

What doesn't make sense is trying to clear the air in a room of much larger volume than a toilet bowl, that's why people have to avoid entering for 25,35 minutes.

LOL, the reason fart fans exist in the ceiling is to remove humidity, not stank ass.

Here is your opportunity to get in on the ground floor though!!

https://www.kickstarter.com/project...e-odor-eliminating-toilet-seat?ref=nav_search

 

[mercurial]

Use cases I'm exploring this for:

1. Master bedroom doesn't get much natural light in the morning, leaving it somewhat dark when I wake up. I would like the bedroom dimmer to be set with my alarm clock to come on ~20%-30% in the morning and 100% after 20-30 min of slapping the snooze button.

Or you could just wake your ass up when the alarm comes on.

2. Porch light set to turn on when it gets dark, off when it gets light, but dim itself when no motion detected (though not completely off as it illuminates the walkway between the garage and the house)

These are called motion detector flood lights. don't leave your lights on all night long, the night is supposed to be dark.

3. Heating / AC is already on timer settings to go up or down +/- about 3 degrees each direction depending on the time of day + day of week, but I would like to add occupancy settings and also kill temps + lights if nobody is home.

These only make sense if you live in a big ass home, alone. you could get most of the benefit with a very basic smart thermostat, probably one of the only smart devices that makes sense.

4. I want the bathroom lights go into "night mode" and only come on about 30%-50% from midnight - 7am unless manually overridden and cranked up at the dimmer switch

get a nightlight.

5. I want the bathroom fan to come on automatically depending on humidity and not just a manual on/off.

I don't know what to even say about this one, seems like alot of work for minimal benefit.

 

[Bay Arean]

The big brains of BARF discussing how to avoid the stench of farts and poop.

Good use of our resources here.

They're penis fans, not fart fans. Everybody knows that.

 

[mercurial]

As it is, a courtesy flush helps quite a bit. Flush the thing as soon as the turd hits the water and before it has time to bob back up.

I learned the other day that courtesy flushes is a highly mandatory rule in prison. doesn't matter how small the turd of the amount of tp, when something hits the water you flush!

 

[MC BumSlap]

I have Alexa devices. I'm glad Bezos can hear me fart and masturbate...at the same time.

 

[Bay Arean]

I learned the other day that courtesy flushes is a highly mandatory rule in prison. doesn't matter how small the turd of the amount of tp, when something hits the water you flush!

Years ago, there use to be a nutbag crank caller to Jim Eason who was obsessed with courtesy flushes. I never even heard the term until then. And I had forgotten all about it until now...

 

[Kurosaki]

I'm all for courtesy flushes but it's not until I blow up someone's bathroom that I can call them my true friend. The kind I would help bury a dead body if asked. Like a blood pact.

 

[gnahc79]

I don't know what to even say about this one, seems like alot of work for minimal benefit.

"Never spend 6 minutes doing something by hand when you can spend 6 hours failing to automate it."

 

[RS250 Chester]

Use cases I'm exploring this for:

3. Heating / AC is already on timer settings to go up or down +/- about 3 degrees each direction depending on the time of day + day of week, but I would like to add occupancy settings and also kill temps + lights if nobody is home.


5. I want the bathroom fan to come on automatically depending on humidity and not just a manual on/off.

Any smart thermostat will help and you don't need to go by the time of day. Our Ecobee is set by a temp/schedule and also room occupancy.

As for bathroom fan, nothing smart needed there, Broan sells a fan available at Costco for $90 that has auto humidity sensor. Just about to install one.

 

[tzrider]

"Never spend 6 minutes doing something by hand when you can spend 6 hours failing to automate it."

That hits close to home.

 

[gnahc79]

for the bathroom fan we have a timer switch. something like this, less than $20

 

[Bay Arean]

Seeing that picture reminds me of the following: sometimes when we have a weekend away, I encounter these switches that I still don't quite understand how they work. They have a tiny vertical slider as well as a large vertical rocker. I still cant figure out how they work. I tend to just pound on them hoping the light will come on. They are way too smart for me. Sometimes they have tiny twinkly little lights on them as well.... A perfect example of over-engineering.

 

[Climber]

Seeing that picture reminds me of the following: sometimes when we have a weekend away, I encounter these switches that I still don't quite understand how they work. They have a tiny vertical slider as well as a large vertical rocker. I still cant figure out how they work. I tend to just pound on them hoping the light will come on. They are way too smart for me. Sometimes they have tiny twinkly little lights on them as well.... A perfect example of over-engineering.

I installed one in our kitchen, the small slider is for level, the switch is for off and on. They are made to fit in the same footprint as a normal light switch.

 

[Bay Arean]

I installed one in our kitchen, the small slider is for level, the switch is for off and on. They are made to fit in the same footprint as a normal light switch.

Some of em have a little bulbous bump on them as well...Srsly, not a clue.

Last time I stayed at Mission San Antonio, they had installed these weird switches as part of their retrofit. I finally got the lite on, but not sure how.

 

[bojangle]

Or you could just wake your ass up when the alarm comes on.



These are called motion detector flood lights. don't leave your lights on all night long, the night is supposed to be dark.



These only make sense if you live in a big ass home, alone. you could get most of the benefit with a very basic smart thermostat, probably one of the only smart devices that makes sense.



get a nightlight.



I don't know what to even say about this one, seems like alot of work for minimal benefit.

Yes. All of this.

They're penis fans, not fart fans. Everybody knows that.

The last time I tried that it hurt! I was shitting out my penis and cumming out my ass for a month. Would not recommend.

for the bathroom fan we have a timer switch. something like this, less than $20

I installed one of those in the laundry room. I just hit the 1 hour button when running loads. I installed programmable timers for the porch light and the lights outside the garage. They are all LED and are set to come on at dark and off at light. I just adjust those times monthly as the sunset and sunrise times change.

 

[afm199]

When I had a teenager in the house, the bathroom was always damp, she liked long showers. So I installed a timer for the fan and shower light, wired together. Want a shower with light? You get a fan to go along.

 

[Climber]

When I had a teenager in the house, the bathroom was always damp, she liked long showers. So I installed a timer for the fan and shower light, wired together. Want a shower with light? You get a fan to go along.

Smart. My youngest daughter would sometimes hit 40 minutes in the shower, that's when i started banging on the door.