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@tim441 do you not see the irony that you are using your estimate, to say that the other estimations are wrong?
Any of these calculations will be an estimate. When you consider the steps an assessor would need to take to calculate it precisely, it simply wouldn'...
i'd say your usage isn't outrageous then. You'll probably find peaks of £300 in Dec will mean an average energy cost around the figures of what you ar...
@wally can I just check the obvious- the kWh usage you've quoted is definitely just for the ashp and not whole house? Reason for asking is that the fi...
Yes that's right. It's a very simple one- if it has changed from on to off for a duration of 1 minute. I did wonder about that bit in your code you ...
@cathoderay I thought it's just the way home assistant works with the automations- if I include the 'for a certain time duration' field, it will mean ...
@outlawuk sorry to hear of your woes. The above is a rather systematic approach across a lot of the ashp industry which I have personally found highly...
I have just realised that there is an error in the above automation/yaml code which is that the Power DHW T5S is required to be off for 1 minute. What...
Ok here's how I've set it up: It hasn't been triggered yet but basically I'm hoping the conditions cover what I need. IAT needs to have been below...
As it turns out this is correct! All I needed to do was turn the heating back on, which makes things much easier. My plan now is to set up an automa...
Yes that would be a good solution and the one that Sven (creator of my esphome device) suggested. I don’t want to trigger a tank reheat though wheneve...
Seems to be the only logical explanation. Our ASHP was purchased/installed late 2024, and perhaps Midea decided to 'upgrade' the firmware to make sure...
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