April 6, 2024
Description
I got this model of a bin from hallo_ralph on thingiverse, which itself was a remix from Stammchiller.
I have increased its size it by 200%. I have also put in a caddy for a wemos di mini with a large hole to accommodate the usbc or usb micro versions. I have made a little holder that sits in the bin for a neoPixel ring. The rings I have been getting from AliExpress are 16 pixels and about 48mm outer diameter. i have also made the hole running in the handle and lid hinge point 2mm so it should easily fit a piece of 1.75mm unused filament in it as a hinge rod. the screws needed for the wheels are now m6. I got some TORX countersunk with security bit that look like little mag wheels.
I used Wled to set a fortnightly preset to flick between the colour bins that are due to be put out on the curb that weekend. It lets me turn off the preset when I have eventually put the bins out.
I printed the body of the bin in an olive green, to match my local bins. I didn't bother with supports, the underside of the handle droops the slightest bit but i was happy with it.
The lid I printed in a transparent PLA with support.
The wheels and internal light holder I printed in black. The light holder has a support sliced in that you can remove with pliers pretty easy.
The print plates are separated and sliced as such to make the different colours a bit easier.
This project is absolutely nothing new, just what I came up with. But boy howdy is it handy. I have it sitting inside my front door and when I get home on bin night it is very obvious that its bin night. Then when I forget and start going to bed, I am reminded again when turning the lights off for bed. I have not missed bin night for 6 months +
As per a PM convo:
In my personal setup I have google calendar into my home assistant looking for an event on a given calendar I have called ‘Bins’ then I check the name of the event to see what colour the bin should be going on that day. Perhaps this can point someone in the right direction if they are doing something similar.
triggers:
- trigger: calendar
entity_id: calendar.bins
event: start
offset: "0:0:0"
conditions:
- condition: template
value_template: "{{ 'Green Bin' in trigger.calendar_event.summary }}"
License:
BY-NC-SA