I have a few smart plugs hooked up to dumb electrical radiators, to aid the central heating system / reduce my gas usage (and better use the solar energy).
I can’t, however, set these to be a climate entity, which would ideally use temperature feedback from other sensors in the same zone to detect whether the target has been reached.
You have Generic Thermostat - Home Assistant for that.
You set the switch and the temperature sensor and it create a climate for you.
Maybe add a UI configuration for thermostat could be more interesting that Switch as Climate.
So, the issue with representing a climate device with a switch, is that is lack information a climate entity needs.
For example, temperature unit system, things like current temperature and current hvac mode / available hvac modes.
These are not things that a switch entity could provide.
…/Frenck
That makes sense, considering it purely from the single device point of view.
The Generic Thermostat integration sounds like a good solution.
I’m doing this, but certain days i turn the climate Off. how can i make an automation that will turn the climate on into standby mode by itself in case i forget?
My furnace will trigger when temps are below x, but on days i leave my door open or doing stuff outside it might start running. So to prevent that I turned it completely off. Now if i forget to turn it back on it won’t trigger later at night if temps drops below X
Hi @zenmartian ,
It’s a bit off topic, but is your furnace controlled by HA?
If so… if I were you I would put contact sensors on all relevant doors/windows and configure a group for them which will show “open” if even one of them is open.
After that, you can refer to that in a condition in your automation to block execution if that group is “open”.
Thx. Yes it is. I will look into that 