Awesome! Thanks, Eki! I look forward to giving this a try with some people I reached out to about soldering.
I hear ya, PS, and it's probably the right solution for a lot of people, especially at the moment. Honestly, I seriously considered the Tuya app, but, if this turns out to truly be an...
I appreciate the concern, but I did openly admit that I was out of my depth and waiting for someone with the proper knowledge. You even repeated the exact phrase I used.
That said, both the Shelly 1 and the Shelly Plus 1 being discussed in this thread are dry contact relays.
I took apart the shelf today to get a better look. My first realization was that I'm way out of my depth. It looks like wiring up the Shelly will require soldering, which I've never done before. I'll be better off asking someone to do the soldering for me, locally. In the attached pic, I've...
@Eki Just wondering if you've made any progress getting that relay wired up. No pressure. Life before hobbies, after all. I happened to smoke a brisket yesterday and needed to start it at 5am in 37 degrees. I was NOT happy rolling out of bed, walking out there to push that damn button, waiting...
Thanks! Glad you like the idea. (TL;DR at the end.) I just took the bottom panel off and, while there's plenty of room in there, I'm not seeing an immediately apparent mounting location for any sort of part. Once you've got yours fully wired up and working, I'll go ahead and pick up the...
Joined the group due to this issue and potential solution. Love how quickly people are trying to find a way to bring back the remote start I'm already missing. I'm highly interested in doing this to my RT700, so I look forward to seeing how you get this working. I have a question, though. Is...