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We are on Octopus Intelligent Go which works well for us. It also allows us to have the 15p export tariff which creates a lot of credit through the su...
@jamespa Homely does address many of these issues, but unfortunately, because of how it operates, it removes a lot of the flexibility options (Dynamic...
Exactly this! There is a lot of talk about this, but very little hard evidence either way. I use Home Assistant to provide a "Thermostat" signal...
@editor This isn't just about poor design and installation; it's also about the products used. The fact that some heat pumps can have a modulation ran...
You could use Home Assistant with a cheap wifi or Zigbee switch and essentially make whatever rules or conditions for the target temperature you want ...
@alfapat the Samsung WiFi interface communicates with the heat pump on their proprietary NASA network (F1 & F2) and is powered by V1 & V2. Yo...
I’m not sure what you are asking, can you clarify the question? The WiFi interface provides an internet gateway to the heat pump. You can then contr...
@broadsman sorry I missed the is previous reply. Havenwise wasn’t available when I fitted my heat pump and Homely had just launched. I wanted to try...
@alfapat you only need the Modbus interface for Homely. Havenwise works through the Samsung API so needs the WiFi interface (which Homely doesn’t). ...
@broadsman if you already have the Modbus interface for the Planet device you could repurpose that for use with Homely (making installation very simpl...
@editor daily hot water costs about 40-45p / day. Average daily heat pump electricity consumption for hot water is 5.8kWh (taken from months with no h...
We also chose a Sunamp due to space restrictions and have been very happy. If you are a COP chaser then you probably won’t be happy due to the hig...
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