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Every 2 hours on and 1 hour off
MaartenVreeburg
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I want to create a flow which turns on my underfloor heating on for 2 hours and then off for an hour.
It is connected with a KaKu device. It is probably very simple, but i can't figure it out without making a lot of flows which put the device on at specific time and off at a specific time.
Hope someone can help me out with this.
It is connected with a KaKu device. It is probably very simple, but i can't figure it out without making a lot of flows which put the device on at specific time and off at a specific time.
Hope someone can help me out with this.
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Just another question:
What is the reason u wanna turn it on and off??
And Rocodamelshe... i want to turn it off to spare some energy
It works on electricity, so wants to find out how long i can turn it off while it still keeps pretty warm.
I have floor heating myself with a high and low mode (21 and 17 degrees). Low mode should be used for at least 4 hours for it to be efficient (according to the supplier).
Generally speaking, a thermostat is much more efficient in controlling heat then an on/off mechanism.
I would only recommend to only turn the heating during vacations and perhaps at night for a few hours and letting your thermostat do the rest.
When not in use (the heating), it switches on every 14 days for 1 minute.
Like this one:
http://www.tercal-shop.nl/product_info.php?pName=tercal-pompschakelaar-11e-antistop
>>It works on electricity, so wants to find out how long i can turn it off while it still keeps pretty warm.<<
Is this electrical underfloorheating the main heating device? If not, then you can use it for how long you wish and can find some comfort with it.
If it is, is it controlled with a thermostat of some sort? And is that a on/off switch or a gradually power up?
To give a short answer: it will not preserve energy by limiting the time that you give the thermostat to heat up the room.
Thanks for all the advice
And of course, switch off the device permanently if the outside temperature is 20C or something.
Plz take care with this situation (if true alright) , u can easily overheat the floor.
Electric floor heating can go over 60 degrees celcius which can damage ur floor seriously.
I have one flow like this
And then it needs to activate this flow.
The only problem is when i want to only run this flow when its activated by the other flow i can't use the timer option 'every x hours' anymore.
Also i think i can only use one temperature option. If lower then this, then activate. Not an option for example if temperature is between 10 -15 degrees activate flow 1, but if between 0 - 10 degrees activate flow 2.
Thanks for all the help
Update:
I have the solution for the the timer, just needed it to put on the first flow
Keeps the comfort level higher, so: not to hot, not to cold but steady warm.
But of course be sure to keep things on the safe side Maarten. Sorry to be harassing you about this, but what happens when all flows/433mhz/homey fail, and the heating is permanently on? That electrical floorheater of yours is a genuine dark horse for myself and others here. Any overheating protection in this electrical device?