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At the very least, it's gratifying to know you saved the equipment from the landfill. Saving money is also highly gratifying the older you get (I find).

Same. I have an iPad 2 mounted in my bathroom plugged in to a timer so it doesn't just charge all day. I use it for calendar and check on my fledgling stock portfolio. That's all it is good for. Time to jailbreak it I suppose, but wish I could install Ubuntu.

I use our old iPad mounted to the fridge with velcro command strips to interface with Home Assistant. I thought the wife was going to hate it, but she loves it more than I do.

Haha I actually have a very cheap android tablet to the side for Home Assistant, old tablets are perfect for both of those things.

Cool! How is it mounted? And U assume it's permanetnly connected to power?

I got one of these for it[0], so it attaches directly to the fridge - then I just run a 3m long lightning cable along the side of the fridge in slim trunking

[0] https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0C6DVYXQH/ref=ppx_yo_dt...