This is my favourite power flow card for Home AssistantFor ages, we just had raw data. We desperately wanted one clear graph showing our daily electricity costs on our smart home dashboard. Plotly was the tool, but the learning curve was real. Here’s how we finally made it work!

I’ve updated my Sunsynk Home Assistant dashboard to include our new Octopus Charge EV charger. This post explains how I moved from the compact card to the full layout and how I’m now visualising heat pump, immersion, and EV charging loads together.

Upgrading your smart home doesn’t have to be stressful. When Nabu Casa released the new ZBT-2 Zigbee coordinator, I migrated my entire Zigbee network from the ZBT-1 — and it was as simple as promised. With just a quick firmware update and a guided setup in Home Assistant, every device reconnected within seconds.

Setting up a notification when Samba Backup and native Home Assistant backups have run successfully

After a recent Home Assistant reboot one of my automation failed with this error: Zigbee_Delivery_Failed. This is how I fixed it.

Post to Mastodon from Home Assistant in 2025

Send an Home Assistant notification via M365

Migrating Home Assistant from Raspberry Pi 400 to Raspberry Pi 500. I was worried about how the ZBT-1 (Sky Connect) would migrate and would I have issues with my devices.

Using Ormanäs smart light strips in Home Assistant. I am using them with the IKEA Fabrikor cabinet to display my Lego collection.

Using Sonoff SNZB-06P Zigbee Human Presence Sensor with Home Assistant

This is my favourite power flow card for Home Assistant

Setting up the Using Broadlink RM4 Pro with Home Assistant

Adding maximum and live solar panel wattage to a Home Assistant Dashboard

Home Assistant Dashboard card daily energy cost. This shows how to calculate your daily energy cost and not reboot on a Home Assistant restart

Using the Aqara Temperature and Humidity Sensors with Home Assistant

This is my favourite power flow card for Home Assistant

Setting Home Assistant to replace the LUX charge and discharge GUI

This is my favourite power flow card for Home Assistant

This is my favourite power flow card for Home Assistant

IKEA bulbs would not pair to Home Assistant SkyConnect Zigbee network