https://karlquinsland.com/tags/sonoff-s31/Recent content in Sonoff-S31 on karlHugoen-usSat, 21 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://karlquinsland.com/improved-esphome-coffee-automation/Sat, 21 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://karlquinsland.com/improved-esphome-coffee-automation/<!-- markdownlint-disable-file MD002 --> <p>My beloved coffee maker of 10 years has finally died 😢. Parts are no longer available from either the manufacturer or the second-hand market.</p> <p>Taking advantage of a (slight) holiday sale discount, I pulled the trigger on a coffee maker that&rsquo;s <a href="https://us.moccamaster.com/pages/sustainability-at-our-core" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreffer ">designed to be repairable forever</a>. The perpetual serviceability is a side effect of an ultra-simple design; this coffee maker has <em>zero</em> intelligent features which means there&rsquo;s next to no remote control or customizability.</p>https://karlquinsland.com/esphome-power-strips/Sun, 15 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://karlquinsland.com/esphome-power-strips/<!-- markdownlint-disable-file MD002 --> <p>I love the Sonoff-S31 smart plugs. They&rsquo;re cheap, well made and - most importantly - trivial to flash with ESPHome and integrate into Home Assistant. They do have one obvious draw back, though; optimized for a &ldquo;traditional&rdquo; US style outlet. When you try to deploy them to a power strip, you end up loosing about 50% of the outlets on the strip!</p> <figure > <img src="https://karlquinsland.com/esphome-power-strips/images/poor_power-strip_util.webp" alt="This is how you loose about 50% of the outlets on your power strip." /> <figcaption> <p> This is how you loose about 50% of the outlets on your power strip. </p>