Can't help technically, but loved the "It seemed obvious that I needed..." phrasing! I read it out loud to the rest of the room and it was well appreciated :-)
best regards, 웃 Victor Churchill, Netley Abbey, Southampton 07970 844083 On Mon, 18 Feb 2019 at 10:38, Adam John Trickett via Hampshire < [email protected]> wrote: > Bonjour ! > > I have finally found a use for a Raspberry Pi...! Since moving to France > we > have ended up with a house with stupid electrically heated oil filled > radiators. They are not properly controlled and quite inefficient, at best > you > can control them on a thermostat but there is no clock... > > It seems obvious that all I need is a thermometer, a mains relay a > Raspberry > Pi and some some software to create a time controlled thermostat that I > can SSH > into...! > > So I think I need > a box > a AC/DC transformer for the Pi > a mains relay > a digital thermometer > an override switch > something to mount the relay and transformer on > WiFi Pi or WiFi module for Pi depending on model > > I think this is technically easy to do, but the biggest constraint seems > to be > that the overall box needs to be small and "wife friendly"... > > -- > Adam Trickett > Saint-Malo, Bretagne, France > > Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced > -- anon > > > -- > Please post to: [email protected] > Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire > LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk > --------------------------------------------------------------
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