Why doesnt it exist a percentage/step-based thermostat?
Problem: My entrance has heated floor but the floor-sensor is defect, so the thermostat uses the air-temp to choose when to power on and off, the problem is that the air-temp is always good enough for the heated floors to not kick in, which results in unnecessary cold floor (and rainwater, snow etc doesnt dry as fast …)
I know i can create this “thermostat” with an input_number (from 0-10 or 0-100%) and a automation that sets the thermostat to, lets say 30*C to force it on in the given period of an hour ( 20% = 12 minutes = 2 minutes on every 10 minutes)…
I think this should be built in to the generic_thermostat as temperature-sensors are not always good enough … heated floors should be a supplement to heating and not the main source
Please direct me in the right direction if this already exists
Its a electric heated floor, so TRV and valve-actuators cant be used here
@tom_l yeah, that is doable, but I would then need more hardware and tinkering instead of a more “simple” software solution since i already have the heater which “just needs a advanced on/off timer”
yeah I’m going to do that now since a regulator based thermostat doesnt exist … hence my wish for it to be a pre-made solution, imma share what I’ve hacked together when i’m happy with the outcome …
I have a spare Aqara multi laying around, i will dump it on the floor somewhere hidden and see how it works (doubt it will be accurate as the room is between a heat-pump and the outdoors - hence why i think a step-based thermostat would be smart here), but i’ll eat my words if the sensor does the trick although that means another sensor to keep track off… anyway, hacky untested solution:
“Normal” thermostat on top, my hacky solution at the bottom