2023-03-08
I had some issues with my heating. Also a technician had no luck. The path forward was unclear. I am not a technician for heatings, I am an IT guy. So what is obvious? To monitor the "performance" of my heating in order to track the issue and try to fix it.
What I can say: it was a full success. I would call the solution with my heating a patch and it is clear that I need a new one.
This article is not about the problem of my heating as itself — it is about an idea. I want to collect data from our house like heating, solar, power consumption, etc. For the heating I already have a use case; for the other parts not yet.
My current solution for the monitoring of my heating:
ESP32 --> MQTT Broker <-- App