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Octopus Energy offers plunge pricing—also known as negative pricing—as part of its Agile Octopus tariff, This is done to reflect real-time wholesale electricity market prices. Here’s why this happens and how it works: ⚡ Why Does Plunge Pricing Exist? In the UK, electricity is traded on the wholesale market in half-hour slots. Sometimes, especially when…

Do you want to automatically slow down your downloads when someone is home during the day Want full speed downloads at night or when the house is empty? This guide walks through a simple but powerful automation using Home Assistant to control both NZBGet and qBittorrent. 🧩 What You’ll Need 📝 What It Does This…

If you’re using Home Assistant and looking to connect Zigbee devices like motion sensors, light bulbs, and switches—you’ll come across two main options: ZHA and Zigbee2MQTT (Z2M). Both are powerful and reliable, but they serve different users and needs. What Are ZHA and Z2M? ZHA (Zigbee Home Automation) is a native integration in Home Assistant.…

Frigate+ is the premium extension of the powerful open-source NVR tool, Frigate. While Frigate already brings real-time object detection using your own cameras and Coral TPU acceleration, Frigate+ unlocks advanced features — one of the most powerful being custom model training. In this post, we’ll break down the benefits of training your own model with…

this is the question Home automation is booming, and platforms like Home Assistant are leading the charge with powerful, flexible, and privacy-respecting solutions. But one question continues to echo through forums, Discord channels, and smart homes alike: Which protocol should you build your smart home around? In this post, we’ll compare the most popular protocols — Zigbee, Z-Wave, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and Thread —…