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Anyone try to build a bed occupancy sensor integrated with Home Assistant? I've looked into load sensors but all of them seem to have pretty small weight limits (low enough to where I don't think it would even support the empty bed).

What devices/sensors have you used for this? And what does your setup look like?

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

Turn on the lights in the bedroom based on presence sensor, but only if the bed occupancy sensor detects no one is in bed.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

Turn off the lights when 2 people in bed. Turn the lights on really low when only 1 person gets up. Track time you went to bed / time in bed as a low-budget sleep tracker not tied to a big data broker, like a smart watch would be....

[–] [email protected] -2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (4 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago

Self-hosted. The data stays within my home- It is processed locally on my server.

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