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RE: Testing new controls/monitoring for Midea Clone ASHP

Over the last few weeks I’ve done a bit more testing with the SV1 entity which captures the port valve position, and trying to split the energy usage ...

3 months ago
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RE: A Smarter Smart Controller from Homely?

Yep- already done that....nothing novel as such but some general feedback about working well and stable IAT being the crucial performance metric. It w...

3 months ago
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RE: A Smarter Smart Controller from Homely?

@papahuhu I just use chatgbt 😆 In all seriousness it is good at yaml code which is what is needed for home assistant to set up my various C...

3 months ago
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RE: A Smarter Smart Controller from Homely?

A very reasonable appraisal of homely. Don't get me wrong- I agree it has it's place and it isnt a bad product, as long as customers are not mis-sol...

3 months ago
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RE: A Smarter Smart Controller from Homely?

Is that what homely told you, or what your installers told you? Anyway, that it a pain that following those steps hasn't worked for you. Perhaps th...

3 months ago
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RE: A Smarter Smart Controller from Homely?

That's the point though isn't it. You don't necessarily know when you are going to need the data to diagnose a fault, or indeed understand how (or if)...

3 months ago
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RE: Testing new controls/monitoring for Midea Clone ASHP

@grantmethestrength looks neat 🙂 . I haven't really delved into blueprints to be honest so been reading up on them a bit after you posted. Wha...

3 months ago
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RE: Gaslighting in the heat pump industry – has anyone else experienced this?

That is my understanding as well that the installer selects which ones get audited, or certainly have an influence over it. This is what our installer...

3 months ago
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RE: Testing new controls/monitoring for Midea Clone ASHP

To update on this, following a bit more testing and tweaking over the last couple of months... I've simplified the WCC setting automations which adj...

3 months ago
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RE: A Smarter Smart Controller from Homely?

None of us were wrong about the method of access and toodles does not have any special access set up. Many homely customers who follow the same steps ...

3 months ago
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RE: Midea ASHP Issues with Smart Home App losing connectivity with the Wall Unit

There is an easy way to integrate a midea with home assistant. See here if of interest. This evening I've actually added a couple of new monitoring ...

4 months ago
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RE: Predicted Heat Loss & Needs from MCS calcs vs EPC vs actual

COP of 3 perhaps a little low and you say that you don't heat unused rooms. Thus there's a few factors there which might lead to an under estimate of ...

4 months ago
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