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To save energy, I turn off my home central heating when I go out. When I get home, the house is cold, and it takes a while to warm up.
The system could sense if I was in or not (motion sensor) but this wouldn't solve the problem of warmup time.
What if my heating system could figure out how roughly
far away I was (using my cellphone's location system). It could then switch on if I was within a certain radius and moving towards the house.
Version Two would run me a bath and start the potatoes boiling...
Remote control central heating, baths, potatoes
http://www.save-on-...phone%20control.htm
(Requires dialing up.) [DrCurry, Dec 30 2005]
Call it in, or use the internet
http://www.resident...0.html?SMSESSION=NO
[ldischler, Dec 30 2005]
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Timers work well, if you run on a schedule. |
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All possible, expensive for home use. |
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I thought you meant something for shifting heat concentration around the house |
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Intellligent timers that worked out your average schedule by analysing when you're home would be good. |
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[worldengineer] I tend to run on schedule, except when I don't. Which happens quite often, if you know what I mean. |
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[wagster] that would work as well, except when... it wouldn't - I'm just a wild and crazy, unpredictable guy. A sensor-based system would work 100% of the time... or handle two people sharing one place (hard to predict). |
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Except ofcourse when you are on route to your neighbours. |
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I'm not sure this is the best way of doing it, esp with [zeno]'s example. You can get SMS control for aircon now, maybe just use that. |
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Sure, that would work, but you'd still have to remember to do it, so I wouldn't. The point of auto-sensing is that it just 'magically' *works* - whenever you're home, the heating is on. |
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My neighbours are weird, so I don't visit them. |
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If you want proximity-dependent warmth couldn't you just wear a jumper? |
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[hippo]
Of course I could. The intention of the idea is to pander to my laziness. |
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