Comment by move-on-by

I do love my HA setup. I use it for everything from home security system (door/motion sensors) to turning on/off the Christmas tree lights.

One thing I think is a little more unique is my home electrical uptime monitoring. I have my router, HA, and a few other devices running on a APC UPS. The UPS has a data port that I plugged into the computer running HA. I installed Network UPS Tools (NUT) on that computer and used a HA plugin to integrate with it. Then, I setup a notification to message my phone if the UPS switches to ‘discharging’ status. As long as the Internet stays active when the power is cut, I should get a notification about it. I did some power cord pulls as a test and it works great, just waiting for a real outage now. I also have a notification for when it’s restored (assuming it happens before my UPS runs out of juice).

I should also add that having a water leak sensor (with proper alerts setup) under the kitchen sink and next to a condensate pump has saved me from some real headaches if things had gone unnoticed.

If you like to tinker, Home Assistant can be a lot of fun!