Heating Monitor

Goal

As simply as possible, monitor key aspects ofa old oil fired centra heating system in order to improve efficiency

ESPHome

Monitors the Boiler

Config in [heating.yaml]

Upload: esphome run heating.yaml

TODO

• Install Home Assistant on a raspberry Pi
• Install blink on an ESP32
  • setting up wifi
    • https://www.upesy.com/blogs/tutorials/how-to-connect-wifi-acces-point-with-esp32#
  • reading DS18B20 thermocouples
    • https://randomnerdtutorials.com/esp32-ds18b20-temperature-arduino-ide/
    • https://randomnerdtutorials.com/esp32-multiple-ds18b20-temperature-sensors/
    • https://esp32io.com/tutorials/esp32-temperature-sensor
  • sending thermocouple data to HA via MQTT
    • https://www.kincony.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=1826
  • reading boiler burner status via mains optocoupler; send to HA via MQTT
  • install on boiler
• reading data from Switchbot Meters and sending to HA
  • https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/switchbot/
  • https://github.com/ronschaeffer/sbm2mqtt
• investigate ESPHome