I’ve combined a hue motion/temperature sensor with a heater connected to a TPLink switch.
Using a climate configuration, i’ve got it successfully tracking to a target temperature. However, because the heater is quite low power, it takes a long time to heat up. The result is that the temperature fluctuates either side of the target temperature rather than track it closely.
I was wondering if it’s possible to somehow mimic the Nest thermostat’s ‘time to heat’ capability?
I.e. I know it takes the heater 15 minutes to get hot, so switch it on 15 minutes before the heat drops below the target.
This is my current configuration:
sensor:
- platform: rest
resource: http://192.168.0.138/api/KEY/sensors/14
value_template: '{{ value_json.state.temperature / 100 | round(1) }}'
scan_interval: 30
unit_of_measurement: '°C'
name: 'Porch Temperature'
switch:
- platform: tplink
host: 192.168.0.101
name: 'Porch Heater'
climate:
- platform: generic_thermostat
name: Porch
heater: switch.porch_heater
cold_tolerance: 0.0
hot_tolerance: 0.3
target_sensor: sensor.porch_temperature
Can anyone suggest a way to do this?
Thanks!