Re: [LUG] Use your RasPI to monitor your electricity meter

[Gordon Henderson <gordon+lug@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 11 Apr 2014, Tremayne, Steve wrote:

> Yep, having something "non-technical" to get people's interests up...
>
> Another thought is to put a few Ras Pi's around a house to monitor it's 
> temperature for a while (say a few weeks)... that will help people 
> balance their central heating... rather than having all the radiators on 
> full with one room getting hotter (faster) than another one... in theory 
> all the rooms would heat up evenly without having hot and cold spots
>
> As my house is heated with independently timed electrical heaters, then 
> the next logical step for me is a Ras Pi controlled central heating 
> system which controls the heaters... I'll take on Nest and collect £3.2B 
> from google ;o)
>
> (Patent Pending...)

Technology already exists to do all this.

For a wet system:

Balance radiators: Roll of black insulating tape and an IR thermometer.

Room temps (a): Install TRVs on all radiators.

Room temps (b): Zone valves and a better controller.

This is all better done with existing kit - for now.

Gordon

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