A simple no neutral wiring diagram guide for the Sonoff ZBMINIL2 and how to retain the standard switch

Sonoff ZBMINIL2 Wiring Guide

This setup involves a Sonoff ZBMINIL2 (Amazon) smart switch being integrated with a standard “dumb” wall switch. The Sonoff MINIL2 allows the existing wall switch to control a smart device while adding remote control functionality. If you are unsure of what you are doing at any point, please contact a qualified electrician and do not attempt any electrical circuit modifications without properly isolating and de-energizing the circuit Video Guide Wiring Diagram Wiring diagram for the Sonoff ZBMINIL2, retaining the dumb switch ...

September 26, 2024 · 2 min · Tom C

Home Assistant HTTPS Certificates with Tailscale, Traefik and CoreDNS

In previous posts, I’ve explained how to use Tailscale’s MagicDNS and HTTPS certificate feature to generate a TLS cert for your Home Assistant install: Homeassistant Enable MagicDNS and HTTPS Certificates in Tailscale. That setup required you to reformat the TLS cert and copy it to the Home Assistant container… it wouldn’t be to much of a task to automate those actions, but fortunately there is now a superior method of applying and renewing a Tailscale cert for HASS (and many other self-hosted services). Let us dig in to that… ...

January 7, 2024 · 6 min · Tom