Yeah, maybe it's just me then...
With the new (old) house being bigger and not sure what the utility bills will be like, I bought the $100 wifi-enabled Filtrete thermostat so I can be more aggressive with the programming and hopefully save money in the long run.
So far, I'm happy with it and the Android app works great, but wanted to take it to the next level. I setup a basic php/apache/mysql server on a low power pc and tweaked some code from http://central.isaroach.com/wiki/index.php/PHP to do what I want.
So far, it works great. I'm logging every 10 minutes. inside temp, outside temp, setpoint, runtime, time.
I'm also reading the gas meter every night just to get a feel for what our bill will look like. The previous owners used spot heaters and window units for the 2 used bedrooms they actually used, the hvac system had not been used in a couple of years.
We have a 92% Trane gas furnace with 14 SEER outside unit and a Rinnai 97% gas tankless water heater, so overall those are efficient but the 112 year old house with 41 windows, 15 of which are original, is the problem.
With the new (old) house being bigger and not sure what the utility bills will be like, I bought the $100 wifi-enabled Filtrete thermostat so I can be more aggressive with the programming and hopefully save money in the long run.
So far, I'm happy with it and the Android app works great, but wanted to take it to the next level. I setup a basic php/apache/mysql server on a low power pc and tweaked some code from http://central.isaroach.com/wiki/index.php/PHP to do what I want.
So far, it works great. I'm logging every 10 minutes. inside temp, outside temp, setpoint, runtime, time.
I'm also reading the gas meter every night just to get a feel for what our bill will look like. The previous owners used spot heaters and window units for the 2 used bedrooms they actually used, the hvac system had not been used in a couple of years.
We have a 92% Trane gas furnace with 14 SEER outside unit and a Rinnai 97% gas tankless water heater, so overall those are efficient but the 112 year old house with 41 windows, 15 of which are original, is the problem.