I have read several posts here about heating, but I haven’t quite found what I need.
Currently I have dedicated systme to control heating (7 thermostats, 15 valves, on/off relay to turn on heat pump). I would like to move that to Home Assistant, as current system is isolated and aside from remote control, it does not allow any additional details, logging, history.
Topics I found were mostly one thermostat/one actor, which is OK if you have radiator valves for instance. But my question is - how neatly can I manage:
- One thermostat to control multiple valves. I am planning on having only temp sensor in each zone, so I would probably go with some kind of virtual thermostat. As an actor, can this thermostat control group (of valves), so when temperature is below desired temperature, it would turn on group (which will turn on 2-3-4 relays?)
- What logic do you use to actually control if main relay for heat source should be turned on?
- How to incorporate at least some basic schedule during the day - for instance, have one temperature set for day between 7 AM - 8 PM, and another temperature for night?
Ideas are welcome, if you can share your configuration/setup, it would be brilliant.