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I can’t think of any sensor that won’t give you 8 million false alarms for each time it accurately detects the problem at hand.
If they never go to the bottom of the cage unless they fall, you could potentially but the bottom grate on load cells and tune it to tell the difference between poop falling and the full bird.
Thinking way outside the box, a camera running Frigate could probably be trained to recognize the the night-fright pattern and alert reliably.
Build your own
Not great advice considering these could easily burn your entire house to the ground if not done properly.
Most people do not have the knowledge and skills to even begin to attempt this.
I have built many LiIon battery packs and it is not a huge savings over buying pre-built packs from professionals. The cells are going to be the primary cost no matter what. Then you still need to get an inverter and charge controller and package it all nicely.
These things are intended for people who like the convenience. Telling them to build their own is equivalent to telling my parents that Ring doorbell is overpriced and they should roll their own solution. You know, bu ya DVR, buy compatible cameras, connect it all and securely exposing it online. Easy right?
Not really. That is one thing I have no need to automate. We rarely change our blinds. They are almost always open.
If it was super cheap, like $10 per window I would just because why not.
But the cost for what it provides is probably some of the worst ROI in the HA space.
It is much cheaper because you are getting a fraction of the capacity. The one you linked has 3 kWh of capacity. The power wall has 13.5.
The power wall also has a 6 kW inverter instead of 3 (and I seriously doubt it will output 3 continuously without overheating).
Plus you are not connecting these things to your home breaker panel like the powerwall does.
I’m not a Tesla fan, but you have to compare apples-to-apples.
Just break it. It is garbage anyway.
It could be many things.
Does the switch work locally? Can you hit the button on it and make it turn on?
Are you sure the load is good? Have you tried it with another load or validated the load works without the switch?
Did SmartThings find, recognize and add the switch?
Is the switch still within range of your z-wave network?
What would be my best option to get a smart switch on this that would run my electrical outlets in the eves?
A smart switch is a good option since the outlets are already wired to the switch. It should work.
The other option are smart outlet plugs. The problem is these can’t do anything if somebody turns of the switch.
What you need are smart thermostats. It sounds like the hard part will be finding smart thermostats that work with your particular units.
Scene controller?
the wiring is 12VDC
Ugh, nevermind. Maybe you can find a 12v presence sensor.