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
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
Two cents per kWh?? Where the hell are you?
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.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.
As a point of view, you don’t need (and probably shouldn’t buy) a battery that satisfies your peak usage. That would be a waste and would be over buying. Instead, a smaller battery that meets your energy needs on 80% of days is probably a better investment. However, only charging your cars at night probably saves a good part of your energy costs. If you’re interested, here is a YouTube channel that talks about energy usage with solar panels, heat pump, EV, and batteries.
Thanks for that channel, I have not seen it before!
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.
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!
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!
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.
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 :)
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.
That’s exactly how I do it too, I think otherwise this automation would be too complex to handle (it is already very complex) 😊
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.
Hmm I might need this. Will look into.
