HA Fireplace Light

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So after seeing Big Clive tear-down one of these fireplace lights:

I bought one, added a Wemos D1 mini and now its brightness and speed synchronises with my aircon in heating mode:

Esphome config:

esphome:
  name: fireplace
  platform: ESP8266
  board: d1_mini

wifi:
  ssid: 'AN_SSID'
  password: !secret wifi_pwd
  manual_ip:
    static_ip: 10.1.1.86
    gateway: 10.1.1.1
    subnet: 255.255.255.0

# Enable Web Server (optional)
web_server:
  port: 80

api:
  password: !secret api_password

logger:
  level: WARN

ota:
  password: !secret esp_pwd

binary_sensor:
  - platform: status
    name: "Fireplace Status"


sensor:
  - platform: wifi_signal
    name: "Fireplace WiFi Signal"
    update_interval: 15s
    filters:
      - sliding_window_moving_average:
          window_size: 15
          send_every: 15
          send_first_at: 15
    icon: mdi:wifi

output:
  - platform: esp8266_pwm
    pin: D5
    frequency: 20000 Hz
    id: pwm_output

light:
  - platform: monochromatic
    output: pwm_output
    name: "Fireplace"

time:
  - platform: homeassistant
    id: homeassistant_time

Wiring:

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NOTE: do not install batteries!

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Looks really good, where did you put it in your room? As I really like your idea, but don’t know where I should put I :frowning:

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The whole concept of that light is just disturbing somehow.

I mean great project, but man those lights…

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Disturbing how?

I would love a wood fire or even a pellet fire but simply dont have the room. This is a poor substitute but I’m actually surprised how well the effect works.

I will be the first to admit that this is a silly project. But once I came up with the idea I wanted to see if I could control an analogue output with the ESPhome software PWM (rather than just using a wifi smart socket).

The software PWM is very good btw, 20kHz is outstanding. I started at 1kHz and could clearly hear the tone in the motor coils, same with 10kHz. I had to put my phone against the metal to get this:

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Doubt it would even annoy the grand kids.

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Disturbing may be the wrong word. It just reminds me of the tacky heaters that were supposed to look like fireplaces that used to be around in the 70s. This modern version sounds interesting, but it just reminds me of the very retro ones. Bad flashbacks perhaps.

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Yeah its suits with you there. I got like a modern type of room. So it doesn’t fit in.

Looks great

You did some things next to the fire place don’t ya ;).