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What is your self-hosting setup for home thermostat? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 days ago by gedaliyah@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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I'm not sure the best way to ask or if there is a better community to post...

I'm hoping to use my home server to control my home thermostat but not sure where to start.

Does anyone use Home Assistant for this? Another software?

I'm not sure if I'm allowed to ask about hardware here, but are there things to be aware of in making sure that a wifi thermostat is best suited for the job?

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[–] tburkhol@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Does the Honeywell T6 give you separate control of temperature and fan? That is, can you turn air circulation on/off, even when the temperature wouldn't trigger heating/cooling?

I've been watching pm2.5 in my house, and the HVAC filter does a pretty good job of keeping it down if I run the fan, but that fan takes a lot of energy, and I'd like to turn it off when the air is pretty clean.

[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I believe so, my system is baseboard so I didn't use a fan. There is a fan control option on the device. The instructions say it can do auto, on, of, circ.

https://digitalassets.resideo.com/damroot/Original/10011/33-00181EFS.pdf

More details here:

https://www.honeywellhome.com/us/en/products/air/thermostats/programmable-thermostats/t6-pro-programmable-thermostat-up-to-3-heat-2-cool-th6320u2008-u/

[–] tburkhol@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

TY. Looks like the T6 is pro-only. Googling around, it looks like ventilation control may be one of the things that separate their pro-level T6/T10 from their DIY-level T5/T9. That's disappointing.

[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago

Is it? I guess I don't know the difference... I installed mine myself but my system is also dead simple - only 2 wires. My first thermostat was just a bi-metallic strip. 😀