little gust
Does anyone have experience running the Home Assistant Glow via a USB Battery Bank?
How big / how long does it last if so?
I know from the repo that it should be powered by line voltage (https://github.com/klaasnicolaas/home-assistant-glow/discussions/79) but my meter is in a box that is relatively sealed from the elements (but I am able to unlock it) and I am renting so doing anything too excessive to get power into the box isn't really an option.
Location: Ireland
Home Assistant Glow powered via USB Battery Bank?
umbral verge
I had the same use case but soon found out that a USB battery pack and the std glow config config would only get me a few days of operation. So liking a challenge I've re-written the glow logic to use the ESP32 deep sleep function and control the battery pack using USB C along with a small LIPO battery keeping the ESP powered while charging. So my current setup gives me 20-25 days of use per charge from a 10600 mAh battery, obviously this duration depends on your usage but I have an EV and electric water heating so this is a good indication. I will probably buy a bigger battery pack as I want to get to over a month between charges. If this is of interest I'm happy to share my config/hardware setup etc.😀
little gust
Oh this is very interesting yes!
umbral verge
I will put the info up on GitHub and publish a link here. It may take a day or 2!
little gust
No worries, thank you very much!
umbral verge
Take a look at this first draft https://github.com/resain/home-assistant-lowglow, Happy to answer any questions.