🥳 New features on HeatPumpMonitor.org Nov25: System photos + more

:camera: System Photos: It’s now possible to upload images of installations!

This is a much requested feature, being able to see photos of the installations should add lots of additional context and learning opportunities. It’s possible to add photos to an existing system by logging-in, then editing a system under the My Systems section. Thanks to @jeremypoulter for help implementing this feature.

Please add photos to your existing systems :folded_hands:

e.g this is my heat pump with photos :grin:

:bar_chart: Heat Pump Database: with real-world maximum capacity & minimum modulation data:

We’ve started creating a heat pump database, which lists all the systems of a particular make and model of heat pump alongside real-world minimum modulation and maximum output figures. It’s possible for users to submit a minimum modulation period or maximum test to contribute to this data. We’ll be posting more about this as the weather gets colder. We need freezing conditions to conduct maximum output testing.

Hopefully, this database will be a very useful resource for installers when sizing heat pumps.

:mechanic: Installer List: We’ve added an Installer list to make it easy to list all systems from a particular installer, it’s also a useful way to see how many systems each installer has got on the site. @UrbanPlumber and Libtek (Alex Winters) and leading the way :flexed_biceps:

:globe_showing_europe_africa: System Map: This feature was added a few months ago, it’s a very useful feature to locate installers in your area:

:shower: DHW tank sensor - we’ve now added a wired DHW tank sensor to the option list for the L3 Monitoring Bundle. Adding this option will enable the DHW tank temperature to be shown on the MyHeatpump dashboard:

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Is the DHW tank temp sensor retrofittable to existing systems?

Hi Jake, if you have the emonHP or emonPi with the blue box, screen and push button, it is very easy to retrofit.

It is just one of these sensors with a pluggable terminal block:

See docs: https://docs.openenergymonitor.org/emonpi2/other_sensors.html#temperature-sensing

It will also need to be configured on emoncms.org (on the heatpump app); we can do this for you, just pop us a message after installation.

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Thanks! Looks simple, connect the DS18B20 sensor and configure it on emoncms. Appreciate the setup help!

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I see there’s port for 2 further sensors. Is it possible to add one for the outdoor temperature?

If this bit of Heatpump Monitor is the same as a regular emonPi, then you can add a number of DS18B20s all in parallel using the same block of 3 terminals. It’s a bus system and each sensor has an unique address, which is read at start-up and then used to distinguish the sensors.

Correct

Yup, same as emonPi2. The DS18B20 sensing is done by the RaspberryPi. It’s possible to connect an almost unlimited number of sensors. The DS18B20 are digital sensors, they can be daisy-chained on a bus.