Home temperature monitoring

[darthVWader]

So on Friday my kid was still home and called to say the furnace was not running and the house was cold. She left to work and I left work to come home. I got the furnace going again and I have a service call placed.

It got me thinking of what would have happened if it would have died 30 mins later and no one was home for another 6+ hours.

What do you folk use to monitor your homes?


Thanks

[benyl]

ecobee.

Sends and alert when it can't maintain temp.

[Nufy]

Same.

Also tells me if it can't communicate with the furnace control board.

[ExtraSlow]

Ecobee. It's best.

Also have "wireless tags" because I am a nerd.

[schurchill39]

+1 for ecobee. I specifically bought it for my last house for that feature alone. I had a ton of furnace issues once temperatures dropped below - 25 so it was a savior to catch it while I was away at work.

[lilmira]

I have ecobee as well. I also have a bunch of aqara temp sensors all over my house. They are fairly cheap and can be integrated with home automation. I have space heaters on smart switches to give colder spots a boost. It's been working pretty good.

[The_Penguin]

Home Assistant, and Wireless Tags.
Can't have too many sensors.

[Doozer]

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I have ecobee as well. I also have a bunch of aqara temp sensors all over my house. They are fairly cheap and can be integrated with home automation. I have space heaters on smart switches to give colder spots a boost. It's been working pretty good.

Do the Aqara work with the Ecobee? I'd never heard of them but just looked them up and much cheaper than getting Ecobee remote sensors.

[msommers]

Our Daikin thermostat has a notification option. I imagine this a standard feature for any modern thermostat with WiFi capabilities.

[lilmira]

No they don't. I'm only using them to trigger my smart switch. There are spots in my house that are 1-2 degree lower. Space heaters can intermittently top it up as required.
I also use them for info. I have one in my garage and basement.

[Doozer]

Gotcha, thanks

[killramos]

Yea I have a total of 6 sensors with my ecobee. Works great.

[schurchill39]

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Our Daikin thermostat has a notification option. I imagine this a standard feature for any modern thermostat with WiFi capabilities.

I am supposed to have notifications with my WiFi Honeywell but I've never been able to get it to work. If I wasn't such a cheap fuck I would have them replaced with ecobee.

[darthVWader]

ecobee it is. Thanks everyone

[SJW]

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ecobee it is. Thanks everyone

I have ecobee too. It's the tits.

[firebane]

Running Home Assistant with Aqara sensors. Just setting up a Honeywell T6 Pro as well as I want more control over my furnace.

I mostly started setting up the sensors as a test for my garage to see how it was and decide if I want to freeze my balls if I have to work out there.

[Darell_n]

What’s the lowest temperature you can set an Ecobee too? I want to tape my google Nest to a tree and put some rounds through it.

[suntan]

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I have ecobee too. It's the tits.

Nah that's two ecobees next to each other.

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What’s the lowest temperature you can set an Ecobee too? I want to tape my google Nest to a tree and put some rounds through it.

7C.

[killramos]

Only criticism I have with ecobee is the air quality sensor they put in them seems to do absolutely nothing.

I get critical air quality warnings when my kid has a bath, either I’m bathing her in water from Chernobyl or something in their algo stinks.

[SJW]

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Only criticism I have with ecobee is the air quality sensor they put in them seems to do absolutely nothing.

I get critical air quality warnings when my kid has a bath, either I’m bathing her in water from Chernobyl or something in their algo stinks.

Just cut down on the amount of bacon you fry.