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Is Alexa Zigbee or Zwave? However, right now, Alexa is not quite powerful enough to truly stand alone, in the way SmartThings can. There’s the factit only supports Zigbee (no Z-Wave), but even within this Alexa is limited in exactly how much control you can wield over your connected...
I have found when following somebody else’s recipes that there is seldom as much sauce or brine as I want. I made sure there is plenty of sauce for these beans and I’ll write down the recipe in my canning notebook. Today I hope to can up black beans. The pint jars are just rig...
May 2019: The absolute humidity conversion formula (Mander 2012) published by CarnotCycle blog has been used in an Arduino project whose aim is to “intelligently reduce the moisture in your basement/crawlspace to help control mildew growth and lower your heating/cooling bill”. ...
The next thing I did was prepare the pollen supplement. I decided to add the pollen supplement (as others have recommended) so that as spring approaches, the bees will have an ample supply for brood rearing. Here, where we have so much spring rain, it is often hard for the bees to ge...
Invest in smart heating:We invested in Hive last year which has been brilliant. Did you know you can get smart heating controls that will turn heating on when you’re within a certain distance of your home – meaning you don’t have to have it constantly on (or come back to a cold ...
my “mind is like a parachute, it only works when it is open”. The relativity of this simple message became more potent when it was fused to the vivid images of my youth. I use to watch my father “sky diving”. He would leap out of an airplane after tossing out a much loved ...
First I figured out how much of each ingredient I needed for my container. I knew that I had to use coconut oil to soften thebeeswaxto ensure proper melting…but what was the right beeswax to coconut oil ratio for candles? I did a bit of experimenting on that front. ...
Support General Help Hive Active Heating - ThermostatHow do I set holiday mode on the Hive Active Heating 2 thermostat?Off on hols? Set Holiday Mode and you can relax, knowing your home's ticking over nicely (no frozen pipes) and will be cosy when ...