My heat pump will kick on the emergency heat coils if the set temperature is >2 degrees from the current temperature. I want to drop the temperature at night and then slowly raise the temperature in the morning without kicking on emergency heat. So I would need a way to have it raise the set temperature no more than 2 degrees at a time. What is the best way to go about this?
After digging into it, here is what I am trying. I set a rule that creates a CurrentTemperature variable based off of the current thermostat temperature. Then a NewTemperature variable that is CurrentTemperature +2 degrees. It sets the thermostat to NewTemperature. This is ran at set hours each morning. We will see how it works.
This is a function of your thermostat, and not the heat pump directly. Additionally, it is normally a configurable value. Changing this value is a more robust solution than changing the setpoint in multiple steps.
For example, with the GoControl thermostat I use, I can configure the delta to be as high as 10F.
I realized this today and changed it to 4 degrees. However, I would still like to set this up because this also allows me to slow the heating which allows the outside to also get warmer over time to help the heat pump out.
