Ravi Menon
@ravimenon
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Location: Kochi
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- Heat pump: how do you track its real efficiency?
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- Solar + battery: charge from the grid when the tariff is cheapest
Same idea here but I also block the dishwasher during expensive hours. Easy 10 € a month.
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- Heat pump: how do you track its real efficiency?
I have a heat meter and an electricity meter on my heat pump. What is the best way to show daily COP (heat out divided by power in)?
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- Mesh map shows a router with no neighbours
The map only shows links reported during the last scan. A plug that works is fine; run the scan again and it will usually appear connected.
Likes given · 10/12/2026
- Mesh map shows a router with no neighbours
One of my plugs appears on the network map with no lines to anything, but it still works. Should I worry?
Likes given · 10/12/2026
- What was your first automation?
Mine: turn on the coffee machine when the alarm goes off. Five years later it still runs every morning.
Likes given · 10/12/2026
- Custom card: how to change the icon colour by state?
Yes, the tile card has a colour option per state since 2026.4. Edit the card, pick "state colour" and set the colours under the entity's settings.
Likes given · 10/12/2026
- Bulk-rename entities with a pattern
Strongly agree. Adding new rooms is mostly renaming.
Likes given · 10/12/2026
- Heat pump: how do you track its real efficiency?
Liked by Kenji Morimoto
I have a heat meter and an electricity meter on my heat pump. What is the best way to show daily COP (heat out divided by power in)?
Likes received · 10/12/2026
- Heat pump: how do you track its real efficiency?
Liked by Hearthlink Team
I have a heat meter and an electricity meter on my heat pump. What is the best way to show daily COP (heat out divided by power in)?
Likes received · 10/12/2026
- Heat pump: how do you track its real efficiency?
Liked by Leila Haddad
I have a heat meter and an electricity meter on my heat pump. What is the best way to show daily COP (heat out divided by power in)?
Likes received · 10/12/2026
- Heat pump: how do you track its real efficiency?
Liked by Sun-hee Park
I have a heat meter and an electricity meter on my heat pump. What is the best way to show daily COP (heat out divided by power in)?
Likes received · 10/12/2026
- Smart plug with energy metering that is not cloud-only?
Most Zigbee plugs with metering work well. Avoid the ones that report only every five minutes, check the reporting interval in the device database first.
Likes given · 10/12/2026
- Meetup in Rotterdam, 14 November
We are organising a small meetup in Rotterdam on Friday 14 November. Bring your projects, your questions and your weirdest automation. Snacks provided. Reply he
Likes given · 10/12/2026
- Template sensor for "hours since the washer finished"
Use last_changed on your washer state sensor: template: - sensor: - name: Washer done since unit_of_measurement: h state: > {{
Likes given · 10/12/2026
- Guide: A dashboard that looks good on a wall tablet
This guide walks through the dashboard I run on a 10" tablet in our hallway. A wall-tablet dashboard 1. One view, no scrolling A wall tablet is glanced at, not
Likes given · 10/12/2026
- Install on a Pi 5 with NVMe: boot loops after first update
Update the Pi's bootloader EEPROM first, the old one does not know how to boot the new kernel from NVMe. Flash the bootloader image from an SD card, then reinst
Likes given · 10/12/2026
- Solar + battery: charge from the grid when the tariff is cheapest
Liked by Wren Halvorsen
Same idea here but I also block the dishwasher during expensive hours. Easy 10 € a month.
Likes received · 10/12/2026
- Solar + battery: charge from the grid when the tariff is cheapest
Liked by Gus Whitcombe
Same idea here but I also block the dishwasher during expensive hours. Easy 10 € a month.
Likes received · 10/12/2026
- Solar + battery: charge from the grid when the tariff is cheapest
Liked by Matteo Ricci
Same idea here but I also block the dishwasher during expensive hours. Easy 10 € a month.
Likes received · 10/12/2026
- Solar + battery: charge from the grid when the tariff is cheapest
Liked by Rafael Kowalczyk
Same idea here but I also block the dishwasher during expensive hours. Easy 10 € a month.
Likes received · 10/12/2026
- Solar + battery: charge from the grid when the tariff is cheapest
Same idea here but I also block the dishwasher during expensive hours. Easy 10 € a month.
Likes given · 10/12/2026
- Solar + battery: charge from the grid when the tariff is cheapest
Which forecast integration are you using? Mine is wildly optimistic.
Likes given · 10/12/2026