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c/homeassistant · by ravermeister@lemmy.rimkus.it · 1y

🔥 Advanced Heating Control

https://community.home-assistant.io/t/advanced-heating-control/469873

It's an automation template to control your heating/cooling. It has every feature you can think of to create a really smart climate control

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Ebby@lemmy.ssba.com · 3 pts · 1y (3 replies)

Whoooooa awesome! I just started adding a ton of independent scripts for a new ZigBee thermostat and it was getting messy fast.

Can't wait to tinker with this next weekend!

Ebby@lemmy.ssba.com · 2 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Update. After installing and basic setup, I woke up to a toasty house and the heater running practically alllll night.

PG&E is going to ream me with a hot poker this month. Oopsie!

Note to others: set reminders to do periodic testing. Don't just go to sleep like me. Haha!

GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 1y

Reminds me of the time I didn't realise that my underfloor heating had week/weekend heat settings, and woke up to a 24 degree basement.

ravermeister@lemmy.rimkus.it · 1 pts · 1y

yes, you should definitely check regularly if the Automation does what you want, there are some stumbling blocks e.g. Difference of presence detection and persons. I spent about a month until I've understand enough so that it does what I want :)

Slax@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 1y (6 replies)

I need to look into this again. I had it installed at the beginning of the winter and found it wonky. Heating during peak hours and not doing a thing when we pay .02$/kWh

wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 1y (5 replies)

Two cents per kWh?? Where the hell are you?

Slax@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 1y (4 replies)

In Ontario! The new optional Ultra-Low Overnight price plan provides:

Ultra-low overnight rate of 2.4 cents per kWh: everyday 11 p.m.-7 a.m.
Mid-peak rates of 10.2 cents per kWh: weekdays 7 a.m.-4 p.m. and 9 p.m.-11 p.m.
On-peak rates of 24.0 cents per kWh: weekdays 4 p.m.-9 p.m.
Weekend off-peak rates of 7.4 cents per kWh: weekends and statutory holidays 7 a.m.-11 p.m.

https://news.ontario.ca/en/release/1002916/ontario-launches-new-ultra-low-overnight-electricity-price-plan

I definitely take advantage. I have solar panels that generate a moderate amount of energy, heat pump, and electric (heat pump) furnace and hot water tank plus two electric cars. Home Assistant has been such a dream to maximize the low energy and self-generated energy.

I have debated adding some batteries, but the amount of energy we use, especially at -30 c, it's cost prohibitive.

agile_squirrel@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 1y (1 reply)
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Slax@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y

Thanks for that channel, I have not seen it before!

wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y

Woah that is insanely cheap, that on peak rate though.... I could do Hilo here in Quebec but we work remote so I need the heat during the day I think we'd come out loosing.

AA5B@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

I’ve been wondering about thermal storage for heat pumps but we don’t have time of use metering yet. I see a few options online but contractors aren’t familiar and it’s not even clear whether they are really available

My parents house when I was a kid had resistive heat, but they added thermal storage when our utility started doing time of use and it made a huge difference in the bills. However I don’t know the overall payback period

Vinny_93@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

Hmm I might need this. Will look into.

GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 1y

Very nice! I'll have to take a look at this.

So far, I've only done some things with variable heating targets, boosting if one room falls behind, and minor adjustments on presence detection.

Shimitar@feddit.it · 1 pts · 1y (1 reply)

I use this extensively.

I whish you could control many thermostats with many external termometers... But I need to run many copies of this automation, one for each room of my house!

Works very well.

ravermeister@lemmy.rimkus.it · 1 pts · 1y

That's exactly how I do it too, I think otherwise this automation would be too complex to handle (it is already very complex) 😊