Water leaks can be a major problem, especially in spaces like the utility bay or manabloc bay where they might go unnoticed for some time. To catch potential issues early, I added leak detection using Shelly Plus Flood sensors (Gen 3).
One challenge with running Home Assistant in an RV is that it assumes your “house” never moves. That works great for sticks and bricks, but when your RV relocates, your city, state, and even timezone can change regularly. Manually updating that information gets old fast.
For the switched, non-dimmable lights throughout the coach, I’ve been using the Shelly Switch Gen3. These are dry-contact switches, meaning the relay contacts don’t supply any voltage or current of their own. They simply open or close a circuit and are powered by an external source.
For our dimmable lights, I’ve been experimenting with the Shelly Plus RGBW PM. Despite its name suggesting RGB functionality, it’s perfectly capable of controlling single-color light strips and puck lights.
Following up on the door lock automation, I learned something valuable from another forum member. There are apps/hardware that offer inching timers as short as 0.5 seconds.
One of the first upgrades we tackled was replacing the ProSine control and readout panel that had been installed above the bed, right next to the clock, generator start switch, docking light switch, and other controls.
In the bedroom where the original tube TV once lived, there’s now a flat panel display. Behind it lies a surprisingly large area perfect for housing equipment. It also has 110V outlets, making it the ideal location to mount all our network components while keeping the wiring as clean as possible.
What started as a simple plan to update a few fixtures quickly evolved into something much larger. After completing our Victron upgrades, we were left with defunct ProSine readout panels in the coach.
