RE: Bluetooth Unleashed : AAPSAD #9 : Light and Ventilation

mcb1 — Sat, 30 Jun 2018 15:43:23 GMT

I'm strictly not allowed to keep my hands on the building wiring, since the power outage we caused last time.

Please tell me that all the appropriate Electrical Safety requirements are going to be shown.

[mention:6e474abc33b64a82aa78c9813503c962:e9ed411860ed4f2ba0265705b8793d05] and I (and some others) are very active in ensuring that unsafe electrical practices are not shown here on the element14 community in case someone else copies it.

For your final demonstration, you could provide a warning that it is a test, or doesn't meet all the electrical safety requirements.

Luckily element14 has been excellent in removing the content if our discussions have failed to persuade the writer, and we'd rather see it done safely than simply removed.

I showed a few examples of what not to do here

Forget Me Not : eLDERmon Electrical

Without adding anything to your already busy Challenge, these are some methods where you can switch mains without interfering with the wiring.

These all assume the item is plugged in, but there are options to install in place of the switch/control.

sometimes a few tweaks to the design makes the difference, and we (and a few of the real electricians) are more than willing to help out with advice.

Mains power control

Home Automation in the UK Simplified, Part 1: Energenie MiHome

Energenie Experiments – Remote Power Control for the Home

Kas Lewis wrote this but [mention:6e474abc33b64a82aa78c9813503c962:e9ed411860ed4f2ba0265705b8793d05] has also written up about the work of Peter Scargill in making these independent of ITEAD's app.

Home Automation Using the Sonoff TH & SV - Review

An alternative using a RF transmitter was discussed here

Forget Me Not : eLDERmon Outlets

Not every commercial product is safe either

Forget Me Not : eLDERmon Outlets

cheers

Mark

RE: Bluetooth Unleashed : AAPSAD #9 : Light and Ventilation

genebren — Sat, 30 Jun 2018 15:12:23 GMT

Nice update on your design challenge project. It looks like a lot of things are coming to together. Your almost there!

Keep up the good work.

Gene