home-assistant.github.io/source/_components/thermostat.heat_control.markdown

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Heat Control is a thermostat implemented in Home Assistant. It uses a sensor and a switch connected to a heater under the hood. If the measured temperature is cooler then the target temperature, the heater will be turned on and turned off when required temperature is reached.

# Example configuration.yaml entry
thermostat:
  platform: heat_control
  name: Study
  heater: switch.study_heater
  target_sensor: sensor.study_temperature

Configuration variables:

• name (Required): Name of thermostat
• heater (Required: entity_id for heater switch, must be a toggle device.
• target_sensor (Required): entity_id for a temperature sensor, target_sensor.state must be temperature.