Currently, I have an automation that turns on my air conditioner for 37 minutes, every 3 hours. However, during that time, I cannot do anything like update, HAOS, etc. Because it breaks the timer, and then I have to manually shut it off.

  • aion@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    22 days ago

    If you have a zigbee/z-wave/thread network, you could get a temperature sensor and setup HA to use that to control the AC. There’s a built in “generic thermostat” that would do most of the work for you.

    • shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
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      22 days ago

      Yeah, I have plans on doing that at some point. I’ve just not wanted to spend the money on it lol.

      I would likely go with the Third Reality sensor

      • aion@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        22 days ago

        I have a few of the Third Reality sensors, they work pretty well for this kind of application.

        • shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
          2·
          22 days ago

          Yeah, I like my third reality smart plug, so the third reality temperature sensor is probably the one I will end up going with.

          Mainly because the third reality products are official home assistant partners.