Why look for something so complicated when you could use a momentary switch that is activated by the door to the closet? Basically like the light in your fridge.
I don’t want to have to run wires since our attic is a nightmare (blown in insulation 3ft deep), and I don’t want wires just running in the open.
What I’m looking for really isn’t super complicated. It could easily be done by Lutron or someone making a few small changes to a motion light since they already have the firmware to select shutoff times.
If I remember right from the last time I replaced those batteries I had to hold down the button for several seconds and then it turned back on and refreshed the screen. From what I can tell I don’t think it automatically turn back on when you replace the batteries like it did when it came out of the box.
We were conserned about the app requirements of iRobot as well, especially now Amazon bought them. I have to say, the Rumba works great without app, just press the big clean button and off it goes.
When you don’t mind not being able to schedule, it’s a great option, as part availability for those is great.
We have a Samsung Powerbot (The VR9300, an upgrade from the 7xxx we had for four years before it.) for a few reasons. It was the only one with a proper vacuum roller brush and motor, and whilst it has a camera on it, it is not internet connected. It uses the camera to map the ceiling and vacuums back and forth like a person instead of bouncing around in a random pattern.
I am very interested in the newer Samsung vacuums, which have a charging base that also empties the dust bin on it. These newer ones have of course lots of internet connected features like the ability to tell the vacuum not to do a room, but I contacted support who said they will work just fine without being connected.
We love our Powerbot, he has googly eyes and we named it Troll.
I know it’s not exactly what you’re asking but when faced with the same scenario my wife insisted on getting a dyson stick vacuum and even though I wanted a robot I have to say the dyson turned out to be a great choice, it’s compact and convenient enough that it gets used daily and if you want to spot clean something it’s a sinch, I haven’t used a robovac so I can’t really compare it but it’s hard to imagine that it would perform as well, its worth mentioning that the motor is fairly powerful, it’s easy to clean after each use and it stacks away nicely in the cupboard
After some research, all I’ve gathered is one report saying that you’ll absolutely destroy the Sonoff if you try to do that.
I reviewed the Aqara manual, and the possibility is specified there, so that makes it quite probable that it simply is a forbidden configuration for the Sonoff, or even any smart switch that does not specify that possibility.
So, unless someone magically shows me it’s possible, I am avoiding it for now, I’ll learn how to pass cables through the tubes and avoid any burning for now 😅
The reasoning behind the “it will NOT work” is that Sonoff uses S1 and S2 to create a low voltage circuit. It’s expecting low voltage, so it might break due to a voltage overload.
Welcome, doing the same myself. I wasn’t much of a contributor prior to the great migration and I’m trying to step up my contributions in order to help grow things.
Personally my entry into Home Assistant and Smarthome was to fix a very strange series of light switches in my house that all turned on or off different lights in 1 area and I used a series of smart switches, smart bulbs and lighting groups to make them all controlled as if they were on circuit, as the cost to do so electrically was prohibitive.
Now my automations are mostly to check on the state of the house and report problems. Such as if the door to the laundry room is left closed too long (as the litterbox is in there) and to check on the state of battery powered devices to see if batteries need replaced.
I try to keep the automations simple and unobtrusive.
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