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Interesting question! The swing is about 0,5 to 1 degree C (1 - 2 degrees F) over the day. If it's very cold out the controller makes sure to spread out the heating in a few blocks during the day instead of a single block at the most efficient timespan.

So it's much less stable than with the original PID controller which kept the temperature very stable, but surprisingly it doesn't bother us, proved by the fact that WAF is high. Which to be honest I did not expect.

I still have plans to improve on it by modeling the temperature drop in the house and making sure it stays within certain bounds. But that is for "later".



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