Home Automation

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Home automation is the residential extension of building automation.

It is automation of the home, housework or household activity.

Home automation may include centralized control of lighting, HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning), appliances, security locks of gates and doors and other systems, to provide improved convenience, comfort, energy efficiency and security.

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I'm looking for a thermostat that will turn my furnace on and off based primarily on a remote sensor temp. But still display the local temp on the main thermostat. (alien.top)

submitted 2 years ago by crackeddryice@alien.top to c/homeautomation@selfhosted.forum

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I don't care if the main house gets down to 40F. I just want my bedroom/office to be heated. I'd control the heat distribution the poor man's way, by throttling the vent registers (I know not to close all of them completely). I know it wouldn't be perfect, I just don't want to heat the rest of the house 24/7 because I live alone now.

If the thermostat for the whole house was in my bedroom, that would work, but I can't move it there.

Thank you for any ideas you can offer.

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[–] combustioncat@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Look into the Shelly home automation products, exactly what you need and VERY adaptable.

[–] mysterytoy2@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

I do this with the home assistant, honeywell zwave t6 and a zooz temperature sensor.

[–] Mastasmoker@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Multiple nest thermostats can do this, it just requires further setup but you would need to buy the pro models. Or, what Ive heard, zigbee thermostats do this, too.

[–] thebemusedmuse@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

I do this with Nest but it will show whatever remote unit is the current primary on the screen.

The reason I do it is because temperature varies in the house but I want the kid to be comfortable at night.

[–] spookymulderfbi@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

This should be achievable using Google home and setting an automation rule, e.g. with main thermostat set to 55, if Govee remote sensor (approx $20 US) in another room hits 60F, then set the main thermostat to 65F. When sensor hits 65F, set thermostat back to 55.

[–] HTTP_404_NotFound@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

https://static.xtremeownage.com/blog/2021/fireplace-automation-part-3/

I do this. I control my fireplace based on another temp sensor.