neon.ninja

Sharing enlightening moments of home automation

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  • ESPHome’s fan-tastic rescue

    ESPHome’s fan-tastic rescue

    After successfully retrofitting a smart fan controller onto an older ceiling fan, it was time to install and upgrade more ceiling fans around the house. In this post I am describing how I integrated a Brilliant Bahama smart ceiling fan into Home Assistant, and in the next post I am going to show how I…

  • Taking the old ceiling fan for a smart spin

    Taking the old ceiling fan for a smart spin

    I have recently bought a Brilliant Smart WiFi Ceiling Fan Controller for a bedroom ceiling fan in our house. This is a Tuya device but I wanted to avoid signing up to the Tuya cloud service to operate my ceiling fan under all circumstances. In this article I just wanted to share a few learnings…