Those are all very nice things to have in an improved thermostat, I agree completely
The point I was replying to was making the erroneous claim that basic operation of an HVAC isn’t possible with an RPI thermostat because of things the thermostat doesn’t handle
I think what you’re failing to understand is that newer HVAC units are designed to be run in a specific way. if you disregard that, and run it like a unit from the 1980s you will halve the life of the unit.
yes, most of the “brains” are on the unit itself but without proper “eyes” the brains are useless.
I’m not even an HVAC tech but I’ve worked on them enough to know it’s a dumb idea to just replace your thermostat with “a raspberry pi and a bunch of 24v relays”. there’s just too much risk of things to go terribly wrong and multiple people literally die.
Those are all very nice things to have in an improved thermostat, I agree completely
The point I was replying to was making the erroneous claim that basic operation of an HVAC isn’t possible with an RPI thermostat because of things the thermostat doesn’t handle
I think what you’re failing to understand is that newer HVAC units are designed to be run in a specific way. if you disregard that, and run it like a unit from the 1980s you will halve the life of the unit.
yes, most of the “brains” are on the unit itself but without proper “eyes” the brains are useless.
I’m not even an HVAC tech but I’ve worked on them enough to know it’s a dumb idea to just replace your thermostat with “a raspberry pi and a bunch of 24v relays”. there’s just too much risk of things to go terribly wrong and multiple people literally die.
Ah sorry yea agreed, at least for the units I know about