• ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝@feddit.ukOPM
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    1 year ago

    Yeah that seems to be an issue as the camera hole isn’t sealed. It’s a first pass and I don’t think it’d be too difficult to tweak the design to add rubber seals. Being able to use the existing wiring might need a more radical re-design but the beauty of an open project like that is that, if it’s useful, it’ll be improved upon.

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      1 year ago

      wouldn’t mid external power as long as it could ring the house bell, I would even be happy with a double throw button so that part was mechanical. I like graceful fallback for when I break my HA install (again).

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        1 year ago

        That and external power are key - a good percentage of battery powered smart doorbells don’t work at all. Having something running off the mains that triggers another mains powered bell means you have a working doorbell at all times.