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🔥 Advanced Heating Control

community.home-assistant.io 🔥 Advanced Heating Control

🔥 ADVANCED HEATING CONTROL 🔥 Features 🔥 heating / ❄️ cooling based on 👥 people presence 🗓️ multiple schedulers 🚶 presence sensor ↔️ proximity aka geo fencing 🏃 away temperature offset 🥶 frost protection 😡 adjustable aggressive mode 🌤️ activation based on weather, temperatu...

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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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.
  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.
  
  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
  
  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.
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zDRDFSUxbI
  
  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.

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