Last seen: Sep 13, 2025
I wonder what peoples' views are on using a volumiser to reduce cycling. The idea as I understand it is that by increasing the circulating volume (whi...
More Home Assistant sh!te - why you really need Home Assistant like you need a hole in the head. After being nagged, I manually updated the HA core/OS...
Indeed. HACS is a Right Royal PITA, bloated and painful to use. Most HA add-ons (integration is another bit of HA comedy jargon) can be installed manu...
@cashback - well spotted, thanks! It is also an example of why it is a good idea to post code so others can inspect it! It looks as though the colle...
All he has done is use the modbus register address tables, and then wrapped it in that complex code. For example, he uses this to get the ambient temp...
@gorm - thanks very much for posting the link. Following it, I see it needs 462 lines of not easy to read or maintain code to access a Midea clone ove...
Yes, that all makes sense, it was how I had HA calculate kWh and COPs using statistics and templates. For example, to calculate the 24 hour trailing C...
Thanks, but link goes to 404 - any possibility you could re-post a correct link? @cashback - this interestingly shows what I have suspected, longe...
Perhaps try plotting the TF Module Temperature over time, and with other variables, to see if any pattern emerges? Also worth having a look at the man...
@cashback - impressive work. Time will tell whether you end up with a warm feeling on the inside or a red face on the outside ;-). One thing I am p...
I have been having another crack at my COP calcs, given that some of the trailing 60 minute values look suspiciously high at over 4 and sometimes even...
Ah, that makes it all clear. Thanks very much. I thought you had to send a write request before each read request, which did seem odd, but a one time ...
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