Change temperature sensor for AC unit

[wvergouwenavular]

Hi!

Is there any way to disable the build in temperature sensor using this integration and use a different temperature sensor in Home Assistant to report the actual room temp?

I've noticed that during heating, the temperature sensor for my unit is unreliable and it frequently switches the power of the unit, making it inefficient. This is probably because it measures the air close to the AC unit with the built in sensor, not the actual room temperature.

I would like to have the option to disable the built in temperature sensor and use a external one. Is this something which can be achieved with this integration?

[vdende]

That's a very good question and I've also had that idea.

However I've build all my automations based on an external temperature sensor to turn-on/turn-off the AC. Still the downside is that the Panasonic thermostat widget shows the internal AC temperature which is often far offf the external sensor tempature.

[wvergouwenavular]

Thanks @vdende ! Can you share the automation you've used to control the AC with the outdoor temp? I am struggling a bit in this part, since the unit freezes up quite a lot when the weather gets below 2 deg C...

[Auka84]

Inside sensor are a piece of sh**. I have 6 AC unit and 2 outside pump. 2 Are connected to 1 pump and 4 to another one

If I start one AC connected on the same group that the 4, the inside temperature of the 3 OFF AC indicate more than 40 degrees. I suspect that the heat inside all tubes goes to the sensor of the other unit and gives a wrong info

I set all my automation based on an Aqara zigbee sensor. But it shoud me fine to have the infos of those sensor inside the thermostat stack of each unit

[m3tc0n]

I have another problem related to this.

I use a thermostat temperature sensor for my automations. Also for turning on and off the airconditioner. But the big problem is that I have noticed that the airconditioner inside temperature sensor is overruling the thermostat temperature sensor and that is a problem. So I am also curious if there is a way to disable the inside temperature sensor in the airconditioner, either via software or hardware.

[codyc1515]

This is probably possible with a template.

[sockless-coding]

This can not be done within the integration itself. I would recommend creating automations and looking for a thermostat card that lets you specify the sensors.