8 Steps You Can Take to Increase Water Pressure in Your Home Contact your neighbors. Check your well pump. Test the pressure yourself. Clear the clogs. Open your main water valve. Replace the regulator. Look out for leaks. Install a … Continue reading →

What is the Maximum Safe Water Temperature For a Bath? The maximum temperature for bathing that the Department of Health recommends should be no higher than 120 °F (48.8 oC), while for showering should not exceed 109 °F (43 oC). … Continue reading →

If your flow rate is less than 10 litres per minute, you may have what is considered low water pressure. Anywhere between 10 and 15 litres per minute is acceptable but can be improved. A flow above 15 litres per … Continue reading →

Vacation mode reduces the amount of energy needed by the water heater. It ensures that the appliance is not continually heating the water when no one is at home. Should I turn off water heater vacation? It’s not recommended to … Continue reading →

The best smart lights Best white-light smart bulb Wyze Bulb Best smart floodlight LED Philips Hue White BR30 Floodlight LED Best color-changing smart bulb Lifx Mini LED Best smart light strip Lifx Z Multicolor Light Strip Best smart switch Lutron … Continue reading →

Security Home Automation Ideas Smart Locks. Smart locks bring a new level of security to your home. Security Camera. Smart security cameras can come in all shapes and sizes. Motion Sensors. Light Bulb Security Camera. Smart Doorbell. GPS Car Tracker. … Continue reading →

If a switch is damaged, or you just want to update your fittings, it’s quite simple to replace it. Just make sure you write down exactly how the old switch was wired before you disconnect it, and wire the new … Continue reading →

The Google Home works just as any other Chromecast device when streaming content from your phone or tablet, so you can adjust the volume without touching Home or using a voice command. To do so, open the Google Home app … Continue reading →

Bluetooth does support encrypted connections, but by default the encryption process doesn’t provide what’s known as “forward secrecy”. Can AirPods be tapped? Considering they are smaller than a child’s pinky finger, your Apple AirPods are impressive when it comes to … Continue reading →

In December 2015, we launched our Smart City Challenge, asking mid-sized cities across America to develop ideas for an integrated, first-of-its-kind smart transportation system that would use data, applications, and technology to help people and goods move more quickly, cheaply, … Continue reading →

Principle 1: Consider urban life before urban place; consider urban place before technology. Principle 2: Demonstrate sustainability, scalability and resilience over an extended timeframe. Principle 3: Demonstrate flexibility over an extended timeframe. What are the four pillars of smart city? … Continue reading →

The Google Home app allows you to create rooms in your home, and you can place smart devices in them. You can turn on or off all the lights in a room at once, create handy routines, and control everything … Continue reading →

Amazon’s Alexa Skill Blueprints program lets you create your own Alexa skills. In an effort to make its voice assistant even more personal, Amazon now lets users create their own Alexa skills. Can you make your own Alexa commands? Customization … Continue reading →

Users could make money with Alexa skill directly without any third-party intervention. Users can sell digital products to customers or get rewards for building popular skills in categories eligible for rewards. In addition, users could also offer physical goods and … Continue reading →

Use the Alexa app to share photos with your Alexa contacts. Open the Alexa app . Select Communicate , then select Share. Select a photo. The photo can’t exceed 120 MB. Select a contact, then select Share. How do I … Continue reading →