These smart home sensors are WAY more useful than I thought, and they have some surprising features!
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0:00 Intro
0:09 At my desk
2:51 By my bed
4:58 Panasonic’s options
6:06 Kitchen
8:04 Extra sensors
9:44 Comparison + my pick
11:29 Toxic air
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Ending song is The End by EVA.
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Do you use these sensors in your smart home? I'm curious to hear!
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Another air quality metric to look out for, especially in colder climates, is the humidity. My apartment is very well ventilated meaning CO2 is not a big issue, but as the temperature outside drop below like 10C, the air can't hold as much humidity, leading to lower relative humidity inside. This can cause sore throats, headaches and increased risk of spreading airborne diseases such as a colds. Many smart thermometers comes with hygrometer, and if you see the humidity drop below 30% you probably need a humidifier.
Can you make a review of water quality sensors that are compatible with home assistant? Ones that can test PH, lead content, etc.
He's just really into home automation, so he'll find any excuse to use or buy something. The placebo effect is happening on a lot these sensors.
a tuya/ smart home app one for like $75 can be setup to turn on a fan outlet when there is too much CO2, can these?
When you say skip the radon is when I stop right there, you have any idea of what radon is?
Try opening the door or window mate you would have to work hard at it to get it above 500 if you let air in.
Wow, the Aranet4 is stupid expensive.
Minimizing Radon – not a good idea.
I know its been only 3 months, but now my Airgradient Indoor arrived and I can't wait for your home automations with it 🙂
Problems with airtight homes
6:49 she's right, you know!
If you have radon, then Airthings is cheap. If you are in certain areas and have a basement, then you definitely have radon.
If you are having headaches because of too much co2 in a room. These sensors are great but fixing the issue is still needed and opening a door and turning on a fan isn't the fix. Get a proper test to find out the air exchange rate of your home
Hi, any more options for a co meter? I would like to put one close to the fireplace. I love that all your options had home assistant and are mostly wired. Do you also have recommendations for fire alarms? maybe a system that work interconnected, if one goes off more of them go off?
Just another one of those…. If phone wont tell them to visit the loo, they'll ruin their pants.😂
so basically the germans were right. ventilation is key, just open the windows from time to time:D
No hydrogen sulfide sensors? How are you going to know if someone is stinking up the bedroom while you sleep?
Aranet makes a Radon sensor version as well. But you gotta choose if you want radon or CO2 it seems
My new thermostat has "Circulate" function that only runs the fan. When the temperature is close to what you set, the air can pool and stagnate.
From an engineering perspective, Co2 buildup means inadequate ventilation in the room by default. Probably because of a lacking ventilation plan in the house, so something needs to change clearly. All rooms in a building should have enough ventilation either natural or mechanical, but more ventilation means more heat/cool loss. Automating it to make it only refresh the right amount of air needed to keep the air clean will result in less unneeded heat/cool losses and thus improved efficiency. This video gave me much inspiration. I like it! As well as the good acting of you and your wife.
Sounds like you should get some ducting to that office just to keep it at a stable level rather than having to get alarmed
Great video, thanks!
Do anyone know if it's possible to turn off the inducator light of the Airlytix ES1?
Afaik a good co2 sensor requires relatively significant power, so a battery powered o2 sensor is likely approximating co2 values indirectly
what ceiling fan is that in your office?
I have a HRV that's always running since its a new build so its built airtight. Or the windows are opened a tiny crack to get some fresh air and ventilation before i get cabin fever. Living in Vancouver is a plus since the climate is relatively mild. There's something about the fresh air hitting your face that feels better than circulated air from an HRV, AC, etc
What a crap.
Finally a sensor that can measure sound!!
I've been wanting to keep track of decibel levels but couldn't find any off the shelf solutions.
My neighbour complains that I'm noisy, but I really don't feel that I am, so would like to measure decibel levels and keep logs.
I was hoping there would be a bit more than just air quality in this video. Like maybe put that in the title that all of this is related to the air in some way or another. How about moisture? how about temperature? how about motion detection? how about knowing if a door is open? You probably have other videos covering all those, but i have never seen you before it was just in my feed and the title mislead me into thinking this was about all sorts of sensors, not just air.
Learned from an unfortunate experience in a NYC hotel, bed bugs are attracted to CO2. By having a fan that pushes the CO2 away from your head and your bed, you are also removing the bed bugs ability to find you should you bring some home from a vacation. They would eventually just die assuming you have appropriate pest control.
Very useful and eye-opening!
How about detectors for carbon monoxide CO and propane leakage?
What is the make/model of the little screen you use to display a dashboard at 00:12 of the video? Also amazing content!!
my car has a co2 sensor and alerts me when it's high to turn on the air ventilation, it really helps with sleepiness when driving long distance.
Most VOC sensors measure it to give equivalent CO2, or eCO2. Turns out humans also breathe out voc's and those sensors use that to calculate a CO2 value. So it is not to measure paint damps or candles, but a cheap way to calculate CO2 without really measuring it. If you read eCO2 on sensor, it is calculated using VOC!