#Gas Water Heater (boiler) automation

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bleak swallow
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Any body has created a device to automate a gas water heater?... im thinking to do a device using ESP32 + stepper motor to turn on or turn off heater. please share comments

narrow roost
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I use a zwave relay. My system had a control box with an off, manual and automatic setting. The automatic was hooked to an old digital timer which would trigger the system on a time. I put a zwave relay in here, so I can activate it via home assistant.

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then I hooked up the relay as an output to a manual_thermostat component - where if the temperature from an average sensor gets below a minimum threshold it switches the system on

main heron
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https://community.home-assistant.io/t/basic-guide-on-turning-a-dumb-boiler-into-a-smart-er-boiler/454903

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Basic guide on turning a dumb boiler into a smart(er) boiler

Here in the UK we recently had a large hike in utility costs and we’re looking at up to another 80% increase in the next month. (src: What is the energy price cap and how high will bills go? - BBC News) So for those of us (myself included) that have a “dumb” boiler, I thought I’d share a recent simple project that made my boiler more effici...

bleak swallow