What to Automate?

[toy4rick]

Another WAF favorite, hot water tank recirculation pump is plugged into a Z-Wave outlet

Tell Alexa to turn on the hot water... 3-4 mins later there is hot water at the sink to do dishes or start the dish washer, no wasting cold water

I then have the master shower light switch to also turn on the hot water recirculation (and the exhaust fan) so by the time you... are ready to get into the shower, the hot water is there, no wasting cold water waiting for it to get hot.

Our master bath is opposite the hot water heater, 2 mins and the shower is hot, 2 mins later it has arrived in the kitchen

I enjoy helping others spend their money, my wifes does that well enough for me

[SoundersDude]

@toy4rick

The garage door opener is plugged into a Z-Wave Outlet.

I do this as well without the timer. Specifically tied to "extended away" and "home" modes.
Now that I type this I need to extend this to "sleep".

[Hasty1]

Thanks for all of the awesome ideas. I have gone a bit over board the last week. I now have 10 rules based on motion or contacts for my Carport,Office Kitchen, Laundry room and our Guest/Storage room.
In addition to those I have Lock automation when setting the house to away or sleep. I am also building extension to the Sleep/Awake rules to make the more beneficial

My wife's favorite right now is the pantry light working when you open the door. I added the light using the method used here Finally got around to adding lights (LED strips) to two of our closets today. (lots of pics)

Also used the strips to add Under Cabinet lights

[nkyspike]

@Hasty1
Sounds like you have been staying busy, Under Cabinet lights looks real good!

[TechMedX]

Wife loves our new closet lighting inspired by @nkyspike as well. Waiting on 1 more set of light/contacts to finish the pantry.

Her only complainant is, now that she can see the mess, she needs to clean it!

[mik3]

This is a good idea. Except my door has a backup battery.