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Integration for Ebeco thermostats
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Support for Power regulator #2

Closed MuppetOwl closed 3 years ago

MuppetOwl commented 3 years ago

Not an issue but more a feature request/question I see the B-THERM 500 support power regulator mode. Is this supported in this component or in the API at all? Want to replace all my Heatit z-wave thermostats with this one but 3 of the location does not have floor thermostats so have to use Power regulator mode or air temperature. I like the Power regulator more than Air temperature as I can create automation in Home Assistant based on other sensors and outside temperature. Floor heat control based on air temperature inside the thermostat is often not very accurate

Thanks for making this component :)

joggs commented 3 years ago

Hi Dennis, There is no specific function for this in the api unfortunately, but if I understand you correctly, you would like to turn the thermostat on and off based on rules in home assistant, I suppose you could set the thermostat to manual mode and send power on and off commands to it from HA.

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Not an issue but more a feature request/question I see the B-THERM 500 support power regulator mode. Is this supported in this component or in the API at all? Want to replace all my Heatit z-wave thermostats with this one but 3 of the location does not have floor thermostats so have to use Power regulator mode or air temperature. I like the Power regulator more than Air temperature as I can create automation in Home Assistant based on other sensors and outside temperature. Floor heat control based on air temperature inside the thermostat is often not very accurate

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MuppetOwl commented 3 years ago

The thermostat have a Power Control mode Displayed as a % Pause/running time 20 min (in cycles).

Some floor thermostats have 0-10, this one is % I think as that is mentioned in the manual. https://www.ebecoheating.no/sites/default/files/documents/manual_eb500_190425_webb.pdf

So what I did on Heatit z-wave thermostats before version 3 (Where they removed Power control) was to adjust the power control setting 0-10 (It was a node configuration option) based on outside temperature and temperature inside.

It will also be possible to have this logic in Home Assistant if its possible to turn the heat on/off. Only thing is if Home Assistant crash or thermostat stops responding or something like that, its possible the thermostat will stay on for many hours. Buts is maybe possible to add some fail safe by turn if off if room temperature rise above a limit or something. Think I just have to buy the thermostat so find out :) Im so tired of all the z-wave issues the heatit thermostats have. So want something that just works.

One more question. Is it possible to see the power usage? kw and kwh in the app and also in Home assistant?

joggs commented 3 years ago

Aha, thanks for the info. Great ideas! Unfortunately, there are no functionality for this in the api today and I am using all methods available and also fetch all properties available, but I think the devs at ebeco are pretty open to improvement ideas, so you could try to contact them. If the api gets updated, I'll implement the new functionality in the addon.

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The thermostat have a Power Control mode Displayed as a % Pause/running time 20 min (in cycles).

Some floor thermostats have 0-10, this one is % I think as that is mentioned in the manual.

https://www.ebecoheating.no/sites/default/files/documents/manual_eb500_190425_webb.pdf

So what I did on Heatit z-wave thermostats before version 3 (Where they removed Power control) was to adjust the power control setting 0-10 (It was a node configuration option) based on outside temperature and temperature inside.

It will also be possible to have this logic in Home Assistant if its possible to turn the heat on/off. Only thing is if Home Assistant crash or thermostat stops responding or something like that, its possible the thermostat will stay on for many hours and that can damage the floor. I have wood floor so it should not be above 27 degrees. Buts is maybe possible to add some fail safe by turn if off if room temperature rise above a limit or something. Think I just have to buy the thermostat so find out :) Im so tired of all the z-wave issues the heatit thermostats have.

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MuppetOwl commented 3 years ago

Thanks! I will try to contact them. So I will close this one and let you know if they don some changes to the API.