Re:I let lasers power my smart home – and I don't want to go...
by kirtakat on Monday May 19, 2025 @10:57PM
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I have one that I actually like, but it works a bit differently - instead of being capacitive on the faucet - which is infuriating, there is a sensor in the toe kick area under the sink, so if you wave your foot there it turns the water on/off.
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Re:I let lasers power my smart home – and I don't want to go...
by jauntywundrkind on Monday May 19, 2025 @11:33PM
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I have the touch based sensor, came with the rental property. I quite love it: I used to mostly leave water running when doing a couple dishes, but now it's basically instant on or off with the slightest effort.
I do want the floor control though! We do have the iot addon, so it is wirelessly controllable. Building a non-contact foot detector is on my to-do list.
Via Google Home the delay is 1-2 seconds which kind of sucks, but maybe there's a faster local network control, maybe there's a home-assistant base I can work with.
No surprise but man people are real black holes of energy on these topics, eh? You do you, but after a couple days living here the touch sensor quickly went from occasional accidental bother that was pretty easy to avoid to second mature. Similarly yes a foot sensor might be an issue for some people, but to me, it's be a nice additive on-control.