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October Is Singapore's Peak Lightning Month: Make Your HDB Smart Home Warn You Before the Rain Gets In
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October Is Singapore's Peak Lightning Month: Make Your HDB Smart Home Warn You Before the Rain Gets In

October averages 22 lightning days in Singapore. How to use S$28–52 window sensors, NEA's free 47-town rain nowcast and power-trip alerts so storms don't catch your HDB out.

Oct 9, 2026 12 min read
Record Power Prices Hit Your Aircon Hardest: Native Wi-Fi Adapter or IR Blaster for Your Singapore HDB in 2026?
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Record Power Prices Hit Your Aircon Hardest: Native Wi-Fi Adapter or IR Blaster for Your Singapore HDB in 2026?

Electricity hit a record 34.78 cents per kWh with GST this quarter, and your aircon is where the money goes. Daikin, Panasonic and Mitsubishi Wi-Fi adapters versus a S$89 IR blaster: which gives you real state, which gets you into Apple Home, and the S$30 sensor that fixes IR's biggest flaw.

Sep 21, 2026 9 min read
Haze Season 2026 Is on Red Alert: How to Automate Your Air Purifier with NEA's PSI Data in a Singapore HDB
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Haze Season 2026 Is on Red Alert: How to Automate Your Air Purifier with NEA's PSI Data in a Singapore HDB

SIIA has issued a rare Red haze outlook for 2026, with August and September as the peak window. Your purifier's auto mode reacts too late — here's how to drive it from NEA's free hourly PM2.5 API instead, and which purifiers in Singapore actually take orders.

Aug 30, 2026 11 min read
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