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Show HN: Use Alexa and two smart thermostats for energy efficiency

1 pointsby ghostoftiberover 2 years ago
I wrote this up because oil prices are high and it definitely helps. This is a no-code solution to getting two thermostats to interact via alexa, if-this-then-that, and their respective smart applications. It&#x27;s a quick and dirty hack, but I&#x27;ve been running it for about a month now and it&#x27;s Just Worked. Also nice is that since the whole thing is controlled via Alexa, I can yell at my phone and have it tell me about the status of things.<p>I would love to know if there&#x27;s an actual way to audit the costs of this aside of guessdimates, but without some fancy way of figuring out how well my baseboard radiators convert &quot;burning oil&quot; into &quot;usable heat&quot;, it&#x27;s going to be a guess at best.<p>Hopefully this helps HN save some coin. Please feel free to send the link to anyone else who might need it too.

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