My new house is gonna be MAGIC - New House Z-Wave Setup

[@SteveUnperceived]

I'm super excited to see the end game. When alls said and done, Linus needs an hour long "This is it" tour.

[@aylindemirhan3657]

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[@YaKkO331]

@@aylindemirhan3657 wow, cool link spam loser

[@TemmieTem]

i have a feeling linus isn't buying a new house to live in, he's just buying the house to make like 30 videos

[@mongarcia9151]

surefire ROI

[@hansmoran1219]

That's the sigma mindset, Linus knows how to make passive housecome. The house could pay itself off if he unironically makes like 30 videos about it, but he probably won't

[@danarose2677]

Only 30

[@w1zard_018]

Hold on guys , he would already make videos about any other things which would pay him same . So what's the catch ?? He didn't even increase his video per week frequency . He might get bunch of diff sponsers but hey he would get that even if he didn't make this house series upgrade and obviously it would be different product altogether

[@Pumciusz]

There is no house, these are just new sets to record videos. Don't let them fool you!

[@jacobduncan6270]

“You’re a smart home enthusiast, that’s the only action you’re getting” I am dying! 😂😂😂

[@nicolasescobar4184]

@abbsnn cose why is the scam account watching a ltt video?

[@MrCWoodhouse]

According to Paul Hibbert, your virginity will grow back if you use Home Assistant.

[@The_Potato_Boi]

@@nicolasescobar4184 what

[@fredpinto_]

"Z-wave Alliance" sure sounds like a war-pact signed by space nations from a 90's japanese mecha show

[@77josh77]

I hate how spot on you are.

[@RandomGuy-om1vy]

Sounds like something from an old Gundam show.

[@muradmalik]

r/suspiciouslyspecific

[@l.s.11]

"L MOUNT ALLIANCE!" in Jared Polin's voice.

[@Neoxon619]

I’m glad that the work on your new house is becoming an ongoing series. I like seeing the progress you’re making.

[@manuel0578]

As I said, the only reason he bought a new house is for the possibility of an Infinite number of videos about it. The new house practically pays for itself that way.

[@manuel0578]

@Joshua Schmidt I wonder when the last family actually lived there considering all the super old tech in it

[@grn1]

@@manuel0578 The house was built in the 90's which, at least where I'm from, is reasonably new. The average family doesn't find it necessary to update everything to the latest standards when old/existing stuff works just fine. Those kinds of upgrades are also very expensive and most people don't really know about the latest and 'greatest' stuff (sometimes old stuff is better).

[@spammus1]

@@grn1 How can an house from 1995 be resonably new? It's 26 years old, everything has changed a lot since then and not only technolgy wise. That house is definitely old.

[@grn1]

@@spammus1 My family is actively looking for a house and most everything we're finding was built between the early 1900's to maybe 1985. Most houses we're seeing were built between 1950 and 1980. I presume if we were willing to pay more than $200,000ish that we'd find some newer houses but that's already a lot of money for a house.

[@nopeyoudontknowmyname9153]

@@spammus1 The houses in my area are from 1975 lmao

[@electrocumbias]

You guys NEED to call this series "Sebastian's Home Improvement Tips"

[@sagittariusa4023]

Brilliant.

[@Pippihippy]

Man, they should've made a parody intro for these like the old home improvement intro.

[@donc-m4900]

More POWER!

[@sword_racer185]

no it should be called linus house tips

[@eric.is.online]

@@sword_racer185 *whispers* dude, it makes a funny acronym

[@Tinyindie]

I really liked the videography in this video, especially considering the location with it's seemingly difficult lighting condition. The colour correction as well. Good job whoever did it. Content on point as usual. Awesome production team!

[@aylindemirhan3657]

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[@hazonku]

Glad I wasn't the only who picked up on that. This is far from the ideal filming situation.

[@LewisEdwards1990]

This is one of my favourite LTT videos for a while. I know a lot of work has gone into getting content out of all the footage in edit and relying on you all having practiced scripted stuff so much, but this "just rolling" and getting on with stuff in real time is awesome. Great idea to make this "DIY smart home" stuff. So many people can enjoy this

[@LonelySandwich]

A qualified professional, say it with me gang “BRIAN THE ELECTRON!”

[@shishsquared]

Yes, Brian the particle

[@taehokang2551]

Yes, Brian the proton

[@My_Lyfe]

Yes, Brian the messiah

[@brianatharadriansyah]

please stop

[@syoncheung]

lonely sandwich the shtposter

[@scotty932096]

As an electrician, you can never go wrong with hardwired Ethernet throughout the house with WAPs (WIRELESS ACCESS POINT) scattered in alternate hallways etc. With a programmed Cbus system. If you have all your light switches, PowerPoint's and lights running wireless, it just creates the problem of drop-outs and unpairing issues. Linus being a tech lord should know this! You can have all the tech gear you want on wireless systems but when it comes down to the essentials In your house that you rely on every day for living, keep it wired! :) love from Straya.

[@camtoews]

As an electrician who has been doing this for 15 plus years and specializes in automation just use Lutron Caseta for what you are doing, no neutral required and works every time

[@dandinolfo4285]

No neutral required for a few of the devices (dimmer mainly). A lot sill require a neutral. I don't think a neutral is a problem for Linus, but Caseta is at the top end of the consumer tier smart products. And they just work. No one wants to tell the family, "Sorry kids, these lights aren't working like they normally do because I decided to do an update to HA last night and it broke my automation.

[@Lamborghini07]

Now this is freaking cool. I want more!!! Im so geeking out on this. Ive been dreaming of a decked out tech house much like what Linus is doing.

[@philje123]

I'd highly recommend using an SSD in a USB enclosure for the Pi. Much more stable than an SD card, quicker reboots and updates etc. Then use the Google drive backup add-on for automatic backups should anything go wrong.

[@aylindemirhan3657]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/gYLcYYibnLx9bNE

[@bruwin]

Someone should show Linus the TOFU board that lets you use m.2 NVME SSDs natively with the compute module 4

[@grn1]

I'd rather back up to a local NAS than Google drive (cloud services are a catch 22).

[@jhkcreates8462]

@@grn1 He could do both. I mean the dude will have a server room anyways so he will most likely have a dedicated NAS anyway...

[@thirsten55]

I can't wait for the next Brian the electrician video. He's my favorite unofficial LTT personality

[@joonasfi]

He may not be an LTT employee, but he's definitely part of LTT cinematic universe

[@zack9912000]

Yea a butch when it comes to hvac work..He should stick to the electrician work

[@Toliman.]

The other issue with zigbee is range and mesh size. It can be tricky to diagnose or figure out problems because they’re often just a battery and a sensor, and little else. 30+ devices can be a challenge because it broadcasts in a 10-30ft radio bubble, which may require having a few odd wired/plug-in Zigbee light bulbs, wall switches or repeaters to prevent signal/battery loss. You may need a few wall plug repeaters from ikea to improve the speed if you add an outdoor sensor or lots of battery sensors and they start to not respond quickly, or at all in their new location. That said, you can separate a hub for different device types on different channels if you have lights and devices that take too long to respond. Eg IKEA tradfri separate to Philips hue lights and paired with the aeotec sensors etc. pairing is usually the easy part, troubleshooting is tricky.

[@doobydub8363]

From a book (fellow Canadian): Making something beautiful is difficult, but it is amazingly worthwhile. If you learn to make something in your life truly beautiful-even one thing-then you have established a relationship with beauty. From there you can begin to expand that relationship out into other elements of your life and the world. That is an invitation to the divine. That is the reconnection with the immortality of childhood, and the true beauty and majesty of the Being you can no longer see. You must be daring to try that.

[@quantummotion]

Great Episode! I came to the same conclusion months ago when starting a building automation project. One thing about ZWave, because of the standardized structure for commands, any device not listed can be easily added by simply adding parameters. I did this with openHAB. I introduced a commercial Yale Lock with an AYR202 ZWave module. openHAB detected the device, I submitted the resulting XML to the Open Smart Home site and was invited to add in the ZWave parameters which form the basis of the device channels. I can now program codes and simply unlock the door with a tap. ZWave is the way to go for most building automation.

[@adiemus36]

That was so eyes opening. I`m setting up my first own apartment with smart home features and was having doubts and questions. That was really informative for me. Thanks guys !

[@SeanBlader]

Thanks so much for getting this series going Linus. I've also been a lifelong techie, started in '91 when I got my first PC, but even before that I was a first and second gen console gamer as a kid with an Atari 2600 and a Sega Master System. Now, I have a small assortment of smart home gadgets to fit purposeful locations, but I wouldn't call it a smart home by any stretch.

[@HiresMerc]

I’ve been loving these videos. It combines two of my favorite interests. Tech and construction!

[@pladmitry]

"You're smart home enthusiast, so that's the only action you're getting" 😂

[@darksunrise957]

"Jesus" XD

[@YoutubeLover-np9lu]

That is the single funniest thing I've heard Linus say

[@Twigjit]

The Linus Jake interaction always reminds me of an older and younger brother dynamic. Like they are really friends IRL, but also always trying to throw each other for a loop.

[@Builtbypete]

So much to choose from. Easily overwhelmed. I picked Z-Wave a few years ago and have stuck with it ever since. Super reliable, but devices not the cheapest.

[@hungl6844]

Linus: makes his house incredibly smart Me: I wish he did a segue to his sponsor…

[@robertpearson8546]

When I worked in Kansas City I came to really resent the dumb thermostats. It is cold in the morning so I would need heat. It is hot in the afternoon so I would need cooling. Unfortunately, the 1950s vintage thermostat had to be switched manually from heating to cooling. Since I was at work, that did not happen. A fix is obvious, but I do not see it even today. Switching from a bang-bang controller to a proportional controller would also be a great improvement.

[@ajwagers6663]

I truly enjoy watching these kind of vids on this channel, gives me inspiration for my future home improvements.

[@siderealofspace]

sem. though ik im never gonna get a home of my own.

[@oatcrisp]

Awesome I did zwave for my place too! 2.4Ghz is really congested at my place. ..I didn't know about that Aeotec Home Energy meter set. That looks interesting!

[@SimplySketchyGT]

When it comes to motion sensors you really want ones with microphones. Imagine doing an LOTR sesh and boom you’re thrown into darkness mid siege of Gondor because no ones moved.

[@Catsrules1]

With the power of home assistant you can add a lot more smarts to it then just motion, for example, in my computer room I have my lights also trigger off my computer's idle time. I was having issues with my office lights turn off with me sitting at the computer. (Apparently I don't move that much) But now every time my mouse moves or the motion sensor sense motion the 20 minutes timer resets. You could do the same thing for like a TV room. If your media device is playing a something home assistant can assume the room is occupied.

[@MrMaltavius]

Why would you want a microphone? Home Assistant knows that my TV is on and that Plex is running and what is playing, so as long as something is playing it doesn't turn the light's on. When I pause, it turns them on to a medium setting and when I stop it goes to full.

[@tophan5146]

@@MrMaltavius I like the integration with media pause/play idea!

[@aylindemirhan3657]

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[@dtiydr]

15:22 YES! The RF energy generated have nowhere to go and the magnetron, that is the part that make the RF energy, will then instead absorb it (no matter if it want or not) and overheat and potentially break, definitely shorten its life if doing it for a little longer period.

[@kevinavila9489]

my dad killed the microwave i gave him when he turned it on thinking he already put the food inside. and a friend killed his when he tried to "sanitize it" by turning it on with nothing inside lmao

[@tothehilt]

Where most refer to it as the furnace room, you refer to it at the mechanical room, I like that.

[@fsggames2022]

Wow.. excited to see in future videos about your house

[@DevGanai]

Thanks for making this video.. i am about to start building my house in 2022.. and I was desperately looking for things to make my home a smart home..

[@christianramirez7885]

Not sure how Taxes work in Canada, but as an accountant in the US I'm just thinking of all the write-offs Linus could make on his home just for making these videos 😭

[@aylindemirhan3657]

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[@BrosBrothersLP]

Zigbee makes so much sense from a rf-technologies standpoint

[@TheAnoniemo]

Care to elaborate?

[@Drinkyoghurt]

I love homeassistant so much. It's been my entry into basic coding and it's a lot of fun for the home. Basically good brain exercise with all the problem solving you have to do yourself. The added benefit is having cool stuff in your house/room. Having lights turn on/off based on your location is the best, and having them track the position of the sun and adjust brightness and color temperature accordingly is fucking amazing. Have an older speaker amplifier that you have to manually turn on? Fret no more, just plug it into a smart plug and set the plug to turn on when your computer turns on and vice versa. The possibilities are literally endless.

[@Ammarx1]

This series is probably my favorite.

[@FacialVomitTurtleFights]

Learning about Z-wave for Comptia stuffs has brought me here... I am totally studying right now...

[@salmanm6809]

OMG I literally was looking for ways to smartify my newly built home man just in time the bearded tech Jesus/hobo comes and makes my day.

[@aaronthomas6155]

You really don't need videos like this to "smartify" your home......unless you're going for full home automation. There are smart thermostats, smart locks, smart bulbs.... Unless you have a house similar in build to his, you can do home automation fairly inexpensive with less risk of catastrophic failure later. I would avoid the smart locks though....cuz, security and all.....

[@salmanm6809]

@@aaronthomas6155 I'm just not upto speed with the latest and the greatest when it comes to" smartifying" your house was planning to start doing some research and my guy droped the video just in time. Really not going in to deep with the smartness I'm mostly looking for smart gates for the house and the garage, smart lights with Alexa/nest control ans smart locks as in locks with finger print scanner etc

[@janhumpolicek8373]

I genuinly thought from the thumbnail that this video was about adult toys. But thanks, I will use a lot of this in my cave. Thanks!

[@MaxRovensky]

4:31 As FPV drone enthusiasts will tell you, 900MHz will have lower bandwidth, but much higher range and penetration

[@jhoff80]

As far as I'm concerned, the main problem with Z-Wave is that its inclusion and exclusion stuff and the rerouting is a pain in the ass. Once I switched to all Zigbee, everything ran a lot more smoothly.

[@darenn71]

I had nothing but problems with z-wave. Switched to all Zigbee and everything works and batteries last twice as long.

[@InsidiousDr9]

Home depot has LED bulbs with motion sensing. They are like 8 bucks and good for basement storage areas.

[@mfaizsyahmi]

This feels like watching an ElectroBOOM video but without the BOOM.

[@nicklasjonsson7029]

Go for a "Athom Homey" and your home speaks all the languages. Z-wave plus/Zigbee/Bluetooth/IR/Wi-fi/Matter/Thread/433 and all talk to eachother! DAMN good stuff

[@kennygarcia7646]

Been building my smartphone for the last 2 years. Finally learned how to create a secured network in the last few months. Currently have 42 devices linked to my google home. I can control literally my entire house with voice. Minus the faucets. And it recognizes the voice so it’s only my voice that controls it.

[@kennygarcia7646]

My house unlocks when my phone connects to the wifi(I’m near the doors)

[@ekv]

Honestly I much more prefer freestyle than scripted part of video. Linus and Jake just roasting and trolling each other is much more enjoyable to watch.

[@ijustwanttoeatcookie]

Pro tip: swap out the SD card on the raspberry pi for an SSD. The Read/write operations of home assistant will destroy it. Also consider replacing the default SQLITE database for Mariadb. Much faster performance. The sooner you do this, the less of a pain it is.

[@labcdel4384]

Can't wait for more house-reno/home-assistant videos. Super excited for more brian the electrician videos.

[@a2cryss]

I used to use the old X-10 stuff which lacked feedback and didn't always work. I got some Z-wave stuff on clearance at lowe's and it had some quirks. All of them (X-10 and Z-wave)are dead now along with my motion light switches. I love gadgets but it kind of put me off to anything not a simple dumb switch.

[@SongLyricsHD]

15:43 wow. I’m surprised a house of that size didn’t come with a 200 amp panel. My house was built in 93 and isn’t nearly as big and it’s 200 amps. Also for your movie theater you should use actual movie theater speakers and not the ones you can get for a home theater. That would be epic!

[@LzysGraphics]

Looks like it could be a sub panel, but it’s pretty full.

[@SongLyricsHD]

@@LzysGraphics yeah I saw a second smaller panel to the side so I thought that was the sub panel. And this panel sure is full!

[@jakeweg4886]

i couldnt figure out why lots of z wave stuff was out of stock recently.... now i see why. especially the multi 6 sensor i needed

[@shwoard386]

I think this is going to be a really cool series... plus you can actually BUY the stuff!!!

[@the-matrix-has-you]

No Linus as an IoT Engineer I can say is wifi devices can be battery powered my DIY made PIR smart sensor lasts 3.2 years with single charge for 2000mAh lithium ion battery... My DIY made sensor uses ESP12F MCU and PIR module draws 26uA in sleep mode and it does get activated about total of 50 seconds in a day. And my sensors connects to Home Assistant in 500ms max

[@jopitan]

I like the videos without the teleprompter, feels a lot more personal and hobby like :) Keep up the good work!

[@BobSentell]

"I don't have a pokey-thingy." Suddenly, somewhere else, Brian the electrician looked up in fear and didn't know why.

[@yellowboat8773]

From a long time smart home user: Z wave is a pain to use when you get down the rabbit hole of customisation. ZigBee, even though it's not standardized seems to work much better, especially with plugins like zigbee2mqtt

[@Swedishchef11]

I would suggest that you Homey. It communicates with all protocols and it is super easy to set up and use.

[@dragonmaster391]

I love Brian The Electrician

[@americansmark]

Thanks for this video. I setup a nest thermostat, halo home lighting, and kwikset smart locks and wanted a way to integrate them. Zwave should work perfectly.

[@offgridas]

I just installed rf relays in everything in my house I wanted to control, then ran a sonoff rf to wifi hub, controlled by ewelink and google assistant. I also have an RF remote which I use alot more often than the app or assistant

[@VashStarwind]

Linus is hooking up so many systems to his house, its gonna be such a pain in the ass if anything ever messes up lol

[@aylindemirhan3657]

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[@apollyon7573]

Home Assistant Cloud is $5 a month to connect things to Alexa w/o some extra work setting up AWS, Amazon Developer, and a workaround in Home Assistant. Returned my Zigbee/Zwave usb dongle.

[@toriless]

There is also a relatively cheap pen like device that does that as well.

[@Hotimpulse]

6:13 If I was editing this, I'd *insert* the same breaker effect again with a click and the lights going out after Linus's phrase

[@DarrenSmith172]

Fire Alarm Tech Here. Gosh I love low voltage never have to worry about t-tapping being an issue

[@echodragon7836]

Linus: hi wife, we're going to buy a new house Yvonne: how would we pay for it? Linus: we make content out of it

[@dutchemerald1945]

LMAO, when Linus went like "so many choices" i was like Jake got put to work xD

[@palmsofdestin1]

Yeah good luck on that Z-Wave

[@Juliett-A]

I absolutely love the space in my new -house- mansion.

[@stevejohnson5035]

It's good you have practice installing the GE switches because all of mine have crapped out within a year or two of installing them. Have moved to Kasa switches to see if they perform any better. So far so good....

[@lukek0]

The tech is probably worth more than the house 😂

[@RealMusicHype]

01:24 Nice one!

[@sytykap]

I slowly filled my last house with the Google Home - Smart Things - Enbrighten Z-wave stack. It worked pretty well, but my battery smart-lock died incredibly quickly, and I think it was because the mesh was forcing it to activate frequently. We eventually gave up on using it as a smart lock, which was a bummer. For my new house, I'm using Zooz switches. They have a couple nice features, including that you only have to replace one of the three-way switches.

[@1mannlan]

Maybe also have a look at KNX Smart Home System. Its in fact much more expensive but very reliable and you can be sure that you will get replacement devices even after decades!

[@CollinThegamer]

I just hope that Linus is thinking about the security side of this smart setup. It would be very unfortunate for him to set up all of this smart stuff for some asshole to just come hack it all.

[@Nj1498]

Everything appears to be on the local networking, and as long as the gateway is secure, he should be okay I would imagine?

[@CollinThegamer]

@@Nj1498 I'm assuming that Linus wants a way to control it even when he's not home, which would require at least his home assistant server to be connected to the internet. I'm just hoping he has his own firewall or something similar installed in his home to protect his network.

[@SteLeeCasey]

Smart home connected current transformers-very cool!

[@MegaAssasin47]

man im loving these videos.

[@wartwkp2769]

5:57 the baller ceo move here

[@theredstormer8078]

11:30 son of an air conditioning contractor/repairman here. they're already supposed to have that. it's a hell of a lot less high tech but there's meant to be a float switch that detects when the drain pan is overflowing but i guess that either broke or was removed/disconnected. also, 15:25, yes it is. It is no better than running a microwave with a ball of tin foil in it.

[@brandonwalter8532]

This definitely helps me as my new home will be done by next month and I'll move in around early October. I'm excited to start the smart home integrations. Thanks Linus!

[@Pickl3_R1ck]

Curious if you guys looked in to thread at all. While not as popular, it has been around for a while and seems to have some pros over both Zigbee and Z-wave.

[@dfitzy]

KZbinr 'Everything Smart Home' just showed off the Aqara FP1 a radar device that has very accurate presence detection might be a cool thing to look into

[@faridrizki56]

the ghost gonna love the motion sensor

[@dimiav]

You got most of the comparison right regarding WiFi vs zigbee and z-wave Except one thing. Wifi works perfectly well with more than hundred 2.4ghz devices. You need to have a good Router. Thats why Shelly 2.5 as light switch become very popular

[@Mazzeltoph]

I just love how enthousiastic linus still sounds here.

[@ahmedilyas8365]

This all looks great but what about backup solutions for the lights for instance where... there is some "natural disaster" and you need the backup lights or something... ?

[@innomkr]

It is not true that ZigBee devices require no certification. In order to make a commercial product, your company must first be part of the ZigBee Alliance and second, each device also gets certificated. But even though there is a ZigBee standard that makes sure devices from different vendors can work together, vendors are not required to use it and can extend it on use their own higher level communications protocol. This basically means that ZigBee bulbs from manufacturer A might not work with manufacturer’s B Hub if one of them didn’t follow the standard strictly.

[@taimaishublm]

If you guys haven't checked them out, I really enjoy Inovelli's smart switches.

[@timmoen4589]

Linus Smart Home should be it's own channel

[@MikeGSJR]

I forget their Canadian till Linus says stuff like, "I already got this one out of the begg...." ahhahahaha

[@arsenicjones9125]

I can’t wait to see you guys redo this video with BRIAN THE ELECTRICIAN. I love panel upgrades too. Should mean you’re gonna have to add smoke and carbon monoxide detectors too if they’re not already in.

[@marauder2575]

Innovelli or zooz switches don’t need an addon switch for three ways, the regular one works.

[@jkp8111]

I hope to see all the house makeover, not just the tech side please 👍. Thank you

[@uarenothelping3128]

Finally I am ahead of Linus! I have homeassistant already. Also there is Openhab and Hubitat.

[@jeffreyriggs1911]

Home assistant seems nice but I run Homeseer controlling x10, zwave+, concord alarm, 310mhz and 433mhz devices...I too hate batteries so motion sensors are battery and security devices use 3.6v 1/2 AA and last 12y

[@MrRtkwe]

It's funny watching this knowing how much pain he eventually has with these.

[@AndrewMalovrh]

I actually got stuck on the water sensor 6. I still don't have it figured out because aeotec did not make it home assist friendly at all. I'll have to look into the water sensor 7 though.

[@KendalReeder]

Should look into some of the products available from Crestron.

[@2LucasKane3]

I always like the Tim Taylor style of home renovation more appealing.