Bazsi's Home Automation blog

In the past installments of this post series, I was writing about how I, as a software engineer, started troubleshooting the heating system in our new house. This all started by acknowledging there was a problem ( part I ), understanding the basic heating components, such as manifolds ( part II ). Smart thermostats and PID controls ( part III and part IV ). The solution needed in-depth monitoring/debugging so part V was about 7 pieces of DS18B20 sensors and a Raspberry Pi, I've installed in the boiler room. The solution was a bit of a surprise and may I add, I was kind of shocked about the simplicity of the solution once I knew the issue. Remember, that the original reason I started the whole exercise was to make comfortable temperatures in the house, as it was a bit cold. After I've excluded all relevant problems (manifests, water-flow, thermostats, pump, etc), all I had left was to increase the boiler temperature, thereby increase the temperature of the water in the