Colin12h ago

Is there any way I could trigger a push/pull setup in my basement's small windows w/12v fans when my Radon readings go above a certain level? (does Airthings have an API or integration thing? probably. hopefully).

Graph showing how much I've been slowly killing myself over the past year.

Show threadColin12h ago
I'd love to hear "oh yeah. just stick these two things together in Home Assistant" so I can kick my ass in gear and get that running too.. bc I do think I need it for other things too and I just haven't had enough of an urge..
Show threadEric Malves 12h ago
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https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/airthings/
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Instructions on how to integrate Airthings into Home Assistant.

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Show threadColin12h ago
@EricMalves am I gonna need an esp32 or something to help turn on some 12v fans? or is there some even easier way of doing it. I'd rather not have to use a "smart outlet" to control the power supply of a fan.
Show thread Ibly 🏳️‍⚧️ 12h ago
@colinstu @EricMalves i mean... how else are you supposed to do it? it's not like home assistant has the ability to control the power of literally anything that isn't connected to your network, it can't cast magical spells lmfao

best you could do is human intervention, where home assistant sends you a notification when the levels are getting high, so you get your butt up and manually turn on the fan

and that is a thing you can do, since home assistant supports sending notifications to your phone, but idk how to do that lol
Show threadColin12h ago

@EeveeEuphoria @EricMalves could it turn on and off a USB port on a computer somehow? Is there an app I can install on some OS to have it turn on and off a port as it's told? I can power the fan via that. That's my dream.

Or an esp32 w/ethernet so it can be hardwired, and I can control GPIO/relays for fans that way.

Show thread Ibly 🏳️‍⚧️ 
@colinstu @EricMalves i mean, with a lil bit of programming that USB stuff doesn't sound infeasible

...but also yeah there exists ways to get esp32 to talk over ethernet instead, plenty of people have devised solutions for that
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