I have to move, looking for strategic advice

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12 hubs, 2xC4, 2xC8p, C7,2xC8, ummm some others.

Many physical devices.

Zigbee, zWave sprawled across about 3 acres.

Working great, verbal announcements on motion etc...

I think it boiled down to:

Throw the entire system into a box and attempt to recover later,

Remove each device and attempt to keep the rule machine logic intact by using virtual devices.

The work I have put into it has taken a $450 electric bill down to $220-$240 here in Florida.

Headed for NY, totally different environment.

It sure is nice, where the lights follow occupancy, as does fan speed by temp, HVAC is determined by current conditions, lighting levels by outdoor lumens, etc... 10 years of tweeking, and now i get to start from scratch, or attemp to keep as much as i can and adapt to new home.

Buy a C8p and adapt existing to new circumstances? (Pressure test to see if one hub can handle it?)

Whew, old man project?

General guidelines are greatfully accepted.

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This thread was about the same thing. This was my response, been about 8 years now.

I moved 4 years ago and I just started from scratch. Although I was still on ST at the time and switched to HE about a year after moving. I unpaired and removed all smart home devices. When we put the old house up for sale the only thing left that was sort of smart homeish was the ring doorbell, I hated the thing and was glad to get rid of it.

Definitely didn't want to leave any working automations in the house when it went up for sale. Didn't want buyers to think it was something that should be included.

We down sized the house and upsized the land. The houses were so different that I really didn't see any benefit in trying to just shut it all down and move it with everything still paired.

I still think this was the best approach. Maybe if moving into a similar house type the whole sale moving of the system might work, but automations, in my case, are mostly based on the layout and patterns you develop in your home. I felt, and I believe I was right, those changed drastically in the new home.

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Great thread, I think this is the one I was looking for.

"We down sized the house and upsized the land. The houses were so different that I really didn't see any benefit in trying to just shut it all down and move it with everything still paired."

Same situation.

I think I need to remove every physical device.

And keep the logical ones intact.

(Web based, meteorological, time, etc...)

And then see if one hub will work it.

And see if the low memory reboots can be eliminated.