Hi, My husband used these forums a lot and was an avid smart home/home automation user. Unfortunately he suddenly died unexpectedly almost two weeks ago and there was a problem with the electrics that took out the router. When it was back working again some of the automated things don't work and i am also worried that in the future more things wlll fail over time too.
For the last 10 days for example i have had to try to sleep with multicoloured christmas lights on, kitchen lights stuck on (some i could unscrew bulbs but not in LED strips), garden lights stuck on and other things i couldnt work (some cameras do not show the feed though the motion sensors follow still). I am worried my nest smoke alarms will start going off and i don't know what to do. This is all making it a lot worse right now when I have so many things on my mind. I always gave him free reign with all this smart home stuff because he enjoyed it so much, also we spent all our time together so when I couldn't work something he was never far away and could help but right now my own house feels like it is against me and i have no idea what to do.
We also paid some money to Homeseer in recent weeks when i checked our shared account but i am not sure what that is for or if more will keep coming out.
I just want to be able to turn my lights on and off, work my TV, set my heating and not feel scared weird stuff is going to happen as a baseline. Then maybe in the future I can learn how to use some of it but right now I am just so overwhelmed and just want to do normal things in my house. I know there is wiring in the loft and all through the walls. Can I just unplug everything I can find once I have the energy (i did some of that already, for example i found the christmas lights went into the boiier cupboard so i could unplug them finally just now, however now my microwave doesnt work and when i plug that plug in it still doesnt...). it's a living nightmare, can anyone offer advice?
For the last 10 days for example i have had to try to sleep with multicoloured christmas lights on, kitchen lights stuck on (some i could unscrew bulbs but not in LED strips), garden lights stuck on and other things i couldnt work (some cameras do not show the feed though the motion sensors follow still). I am worried my nest smoke alarms will start going off and i don't know what to do. This is all making it a lot worse right now when I have so many things on my mind. I always gave him free reign with all this smart home stuff because he enjoyed it so much, also we spent all our time together so when I couldn't work something he was never far away and could help but right now my own house feels like it is against me and i have no idea what to do.
We also paid some money to Homeseer in recent weeks when i checked our shared account but i am not sure what that is for or if more will keep coming out.
I just want to be able to turn my lights on and off, work my TV, set my heating and not feel scared weird stuff is going to happen as a baseline. Then maybe in the future I can learn how to use some of it but right now I am just so overwhelmed and just want to do normal things in my house. I know there is wiring in the loft and all through the walls. Can I just unplug everything I can find once I have the energy (i did some of that already, for example i found the christmas lights went into the boiier cupboard so i could unplug them finally just now, however now my microwave doesnt work and when i plug that plug in it still doesnt...). it's a living nightmare, can anyone offer advice?
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