St3v3
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I've been doing a bit around automating things in the truck recently.
Starting with a small relay board that connects to wifi has essentially given me 4 switches that can be controlled from a phone.
It is £16 https://www.amazon.co.uk/OWSOO-Wire...3805432&s=gateway&sr=8-1-fkmrnull-spons&psc=1
What have I done? It's hooked up to the awning lights on the outside of the truck, so that we can turn them on using the phone when approaching the truck to see what we're doing in the dark. As it's a phone app, all 3 of us could do it independently. I.e. remotes are available for this kind of stuff, but you usually just get one.
Then thinking about the heating.... I've so far hooked up one of the Eberspachers (kitchen one) to another of the switches so that we can start getting the van warm before we leave the pub
I'll add the bedroom heater soon.
I'll also hook up boy's nightlight as that will just be easier lol.
Pretty cool for 16 quid, as long as you have some wifi in your MH. It uses very little data.
Taking it a little further I've put an amazon echo dot in there, and it connects to this relay board. Led in bed 'Alexa, turn the kitchen heater on' before getting out of bed.
And then there is another option. designed for the home, I've put a wifi switched socket in - 'Alexa, turn on the kettle.' Those are a tenner each, totally worth it for not standing around waiting for the kettle to boil.
So, do you have any other ideas?
What would you like to control from your phone? Or just by talking? I've yet to find an auto pilot on eBay lol.
Starting with a small relay board that connects to wifi has essentially given me 4 switches that can be controlled from a phone.
It is £16 https://www.amazon.co.uk/OWSOO-Wire...3805432&s=gateway&sr=8-1-fkmrnull-spons&psc=1
What have I done? It's hooked up to the awning lights on the outside of the truck, so that we can turn them on using the phone when approaching the truck to see what we're doing in the dark. As it's a phone app, all 3 of us could do it independently. I.e. remotes are available for this kind of stuff, but you usually just get one.
Then thinking about the heating.... I've so far hooked up one of the Eberspachers (kitchen one) to another of the switches so that we can start getting the van warm before we leave the pub
I'll add the bedroom heater soon.I'll also hook up boy's nightlight as that will just be easier lol.
Pretty cool for 16 quid, as long as you have some wifi in your MH. It uses very little data.
Taking it a little further I've put an amazon echo dot in there, and it connects to this relay board. Led in bed 'Alexa, turn the kitchen heater on' before getting out of bed.
And then there is another option. designed for the home, I've put a wifi switched socket in - 'Alexa, turn on the kettle.' Those are a tenner each, totally worth it for not standing around waiting for the kettle to boil.
So, do you have any other ideas?
What would you like to control from your phone? Or just by talking? I've yet to find an auto pilot on eBay lol.
