https://blog.insanegenius.com/tag/hvac/Recent content in Hvac on Pieter Viljoen's BlogHugoenWed, 16 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000https://blog.insanegenius.com/2026/09/16/reverse-engineering-the-easystart-bluetooth-protocol/Wed, 16 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000https://blog.insanegenius.com/2026/09/16/reverse-engineering-the-easystart-bluetooth-protocol/<p>I decoded the Bluetooth protocol of my Micro-Air EasyStart soft starters from the vendor&rsquo;s Android app, with help from Claude Code, and now read their compressor data into Home Assistant through ESPHome.</p>https://blog.insanegenius.com/2022/10/30/installing-flair-smart-vents-to-keep-room-temperatures-balanced/Sun, 30 Oct 2022 20:19:28 +0000https://blog.insanegenius.com/2022/10/30/installing-flair-smart-vents-to-keep-room-temperatures-balanced/<p>Every year on the hottest days and coldest nights, with the HVAC on, our bedrooms are either too hot or too cold, and I installed <a href="https://flair.co/">FLAIR Smart Vents</a> to try and remedy the situation. In this post I am sharing my experience with the FLAIR installation and configuration, and my opinions and mini review of the Flair vents.</p> <h4 id="background">Background</h4> <p>First some history and background, skip to the <a href="#installation">installation</a> or <a href="#conclusion">conclusion</a> section for TL;DR.</p>