# \[APP\]\[Pro\] Piggy Bank

**URL:** <https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-piggy-bank/66677>\
**Category:** Apps\
**Tags:** app, tools, homey-pro\
**Created:** [July 29, 2022, 10:07pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-piggy-bank/66677 "2022-07-29T22:07:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 50

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**Author:** ![Torbjorn\_Melbye](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/torbjorn_melbye/32/18194_2.png) [@Torbjorn\_Melbye](https://community.homey.app/u/Torbjorn_Melbye)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2024, 1:19pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-piggy-bank/66677/989 "2024-09-08T13:19:16Z")

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Hi @frodeheg  
I have a question about piggy bank and the Høiax Connected water heater that I hope you can answer.  
I recently switched to the myuplink app for the water heater in Homey, and it seems that it is slightly different as to how it is turned on and off. At least when using piggy bank to controll it. It seems that instead of being turned off, it sets the heater to 0W effect. Gives the same result when it comes to power usage, but it has given me an issue that i didn’t have with the old Høiax app.  
Since the water heater has three effect-levels (1250, 1750 and 3000W) I have a flow that sets the heater to the lowest effect-level when piggy banks reported available effect gos below 100W. And then back to the highest level when Piggy Bank reports over 100W available effect. This makes the heater stay on, on lower effect insted of being turned off completely by piggy bank.  
Since the myuplink app seems to to controll the effect level rather than actually turning it off I was wondering if this is something piggy bank “knows about” or if setting the effect level to zero is just piggy banks way of turning it off?  
The ideal thing would of course be to let piggy bank controll the different effect-levels.

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**Author:** ![Alexander\_Krogstad](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/alexander_krogstad/32/68121_2.png) [@Alexander\_Krogstad](https://community.homey.app/u/Alexander_Krogstad)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2024, 2:30pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-piggy-bank/66677/990 "2024-09-08T14:30:20Z")

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Hei! @frodeheg Takk for en flott APP!

Jeg har et smarthus fra HDL og bruker HDL Homey app. Sparegris appen finner komponentene og det virker som det fungerer helt greit, men dersom jeg slår av termostatene så vil appen skru termostaten automatisk på igjen etter noen sekunder.

Jeg har også prøvd og lage en flow med flytkort som setter appen i manuel overstyring, men appen vil igjen skru termostaten automatisk på dersom jeg manuelt skrur de av. Det er litt upraktisk på sommeren dersom man vil ha flere termostater fysisk av.

Er det en måte å fikse dette på? Jeg har også rapportert status på dette via appen.

Takk 🙂

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**Author:** ![olenesset](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/olenesset/32/120176_2.png) [@olenesset](https://community.homey.app/u/olenesset)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 8:02pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-piggy-bank/66677/991 "2024-09-11T20:02:00Z")

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Hi!  
I have that icon at Oso in Charge. I have tried to send report 2 times. Is it possible to fix this?

 ![IMG_6013](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/a/a/aac5e152ada9031d5737485415f775f35bc9cdbb.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Arunav\_Mandal](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/arunav_mandal/32/48676_2.png) [@Arunav\_Mandal](https://community.homey.app/u/Arunav_Mandal)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2024, 8:47pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-piggy-bank/66677/992 "2024-09-14T20:47:03Z")

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Is there any issue with Piggy bank communicating to Easee Charger? as I am getting 403 and Piggy bank cannot reduce the current. I am getting these logs.

+22:19:55.368: Failed signalling charger: Error: Failed to set dynamic charger current! post ‘/api/chargers/EHUUH34F/settings’: Failed, HTTP status code ‘403’  
+22:19:55.369: aborted changeDevicePower() for Easee Charger - failed signalling charger Error: Failed to set dynamic charger current! post ‘/api/chargers/EHUUH34F/settings’: Failed, HTTP status code ‘403’  
+22:19:55.370: Running turn-off-cycle in Emergency mode  
+22:19:55.373: Requested power change: -5110  
+22:19:55.394: attempt changeDevicePower(-5110) for Easee Charger  
+22:19:55.395: Wait more: 90 - 0 = 90 sec left  
+22:19:55.396: finished changeDevicePower() for Easee Charger - still waiting for confirmation on previous command  
+22:19:55.397: Claims to have turned off device successfully  
+22:19:57.400: Power reported from power meter: 14538

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**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2024, 9:41pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-piggy-bank/66677/993 "2024-09-14T21:41:28Z")

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> [@Arunav\_Mandal](#):
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> HTTP status code ‘403’

This means ‘forbidden’. Somehow the app is not allowed to connect with Easee  
[https://duckduckgo.com/?q=403](https://duckduckgo.com/?q=403)

Maybe the app exceeded the maximum number of API calls

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**Author:** ![Arunav\_Mandal](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/arunav_mandal/32/48676_2.png) [@Arunav\_Mandal](https://community.homey.app/u/Arunav_Mandal)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2024, 10:03pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-piggy-bank/66677/994 "2024-09-14T22:03:54Z")

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That I understand I am wondering how to fix it

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**Author:** ![dooniem](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/dooniem/32/58384_2.png) [@dooniem](https://community.homey.app/u/dooniem)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2024, 9:51am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-piggy-bank/66677/995 "2024-09-16T09:51:19Z")

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![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/1/7/1768ef762a1819c7e69c04c0bdaa619f720e6b48.png)  
Easee blocked Homey and other agents…But it’s working again now

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**Author:** ![frodeheg](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/frodeheg/32/49010_2.png) [@frodeheg](https://community.homey.app/u/frodeheg)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2024, 10:11pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-piggy-bank/66677/996 "2024-09-16T22:11:45Z")

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Hi all, and sorry about all the delay, I have started some piano classes and often find myself playing all the evenings instead of developing this app. I will try to do some interleaving so you`re not completely left in the dark.

> [@grenness](#):
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> My question is therefore, if it could be possible to have a Step 0 allowing zero kWh

You can do this already, please click the Advanced-menu → Cost → Power part, then you can select all the limits individually.

> [@grenness](#):
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> in the winter time this could be dangerous in terms of freezing water pipes

Not at all, the app will prioritize the frost guard, so if you don`t meet the frost guard temperature then the app will allocate more power for your even if you crossed the hourly limit.

> [@bfisk](#):
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> I have difficulties understanding and setting på my two Easee chargers in the app

Are you using the test-version or the stable version?

> [@Torbjorn\_Melbye](#):
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> I recently switched to the myuplink app for the water heater in Homey, and it seems that it is slightly different as to how it is turned on and off.

I need to look into that.

> [@Alexander\_Krogstad](#):
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> Er det en måte å fikse dette på?

Can you clarify which manual override you used? It should be possible if you use the maintenance option (off until manually turned on)…

> [@olenesset](#):
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> I have that icon at Oso in Charge

Sorry about the late reply, I havent done much updates lately. I`ll see if I can find some time, but it will be updated at some point.

> [@dooniem](#):
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> But it’s working again now

Phew 🙂

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**Author:** ![Felix\_oslo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/felix_oslo/32/33969_2.png) [@Felix\_oslo](https://community.homey.app/u/Felix_oslo)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2024, 11:09am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-piggy-bank/66677/997 "2024-10-04T11:09:00Z")

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When PB is losing contact to the price server, it gives you this error in the feed. Is it possible to also log then it’s back in line? When I see it now, I reboot the app, but I don’t know if it’s getting back automatically.

 ![Screenshot_20241004_130203_Homey](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/9/e/9e91df3cc99bc0748092dec96fcc96dd4c8da907.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Felix\_oslo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/felix_oslo/32/33969_2.png) [@Felix\_oslo](https://community.homey.app/u/Felix_oslo)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2024, 3:25pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-piggy-bank/66677/998 "2024-10-05T15:25:24Z")

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Help! PB isn’t reading any prices from NO1 at all for a while… @frodeheg

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**Author:** ![Audun](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/audun/32/79007_2.png) [@Audun](https://community.homey.app/u/Audun)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2024, 8:50pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-piggy-bank/66677/999 "2024-10-07T20:50:59Z")

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Same here, no prices after 04.10. So nothing is working here now.

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**Author:** ![bfisk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/bfisk/32/35144_2.png) [@bfisk](https://community.homey.app/u/bfisk)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2024, 7:09am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-piggy-bank/66677/1000 "2024-10-08T07:09:33Z")

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@frodeheg I am not sure which version I am on, probably the stable. On another note I had some hardware issues with Easee that they have (hopefully) fixed remotely now by switching the master unit. In the meanwhile I have successfully controlled them using flows to control the Dynanic\_Circuit\_Current of the master unit to between 14A and 32A, seems to work.

But: since 4-5 days ago I am not getting any prices into sparegris. Same with the Elvia iOS app…might be a Nord Pool API issue?

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**Author:** ![Felix\_oslo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/felix_oslo/32/33969_2.png) [@Felix\_oslo](https://community.homey.app/u/Felix_oslo)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2024, 8:57am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-piggy-bank/66677/1001 "2024-10-08T08:57:41Z")

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It is possible to get the prices from the app Strømregning to solve the problem temporarily.

 ![461182785_1249653303135332_3595067663383575211_n](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/3/5/35a3892d747bbf6e094b906e17432c70b2cb9658.jpeg)

This worked fine for me, even though it would be better to let PB handle it directly.

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**Author:** ![Torbjorn\_Melbye](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/torbjorn_melbye/32/18194_2.png) [@Torbjorn\_Melbye](https://community.homey.app/u/Torbjorn_Melbye)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2024, 9:10am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-piggy-bank/66677/1002 "2024-10-08T09:10:27Z")

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The price levels can also be set via flows.

 ![Sparegris flow](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/c/6/c6c741c7b5948322f9a318ce983fcf5f2696ea19.png)

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**Author:** ![Fredrik3](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/fredrik3/32/81530_2.png) [@Fredrik3](https://community.homey.app/u/Fredrik3)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2024, 7:23am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-piggy-bank/66677/1003 "2024-10-10T07:23:32Z")

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Thank you for the fix regarding the price. How do you set up the price adjustments to get maximum savings? I’ve set it up with a minimum of 3 cheap hours and 5 expensive hours. Is that enough?

Also is their a flow you could set up to estimste the savings ?

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**Author:** ![frodeheg](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/frodeheg/32/49010_2.png) [@frodeheg](https://community.homey.app/u/frodeheg)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2024, 9:21am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-piggy-bank/66677/1004 "2024-10-16T09:21:09Z")

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So, this is because Nordpool has been changing their api’s.

I suppose the behavior would have been similar regardless of if you used PiggyBank to fetch prices from Entsoe or if you used the “Strømregning” app to fetch the prices from Nordpool, as both rely on the Nordpool API to get the prices in the first place.

I use PiggyBank to fetch prices from Entsoe and I can see in my log that the prices was unavailable from the 5th of October to the 9th of October.

As this is an issue completely unrelated to PiggyBank and it seems like the external actors has fixed the problem I suppose everything is ok now. Do anyone still have any issues?

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**Author:** ![Felix\_oslo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/felix_oslo/32/33969_2.png) [@Felix\_oslo](https://community.homey.app/u/Felix_oslo)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2024, 10:54am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-piggy-bank/66677/1005 "2024-10-16T10:54:29Z")

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Tank you so much for your time!! PB is one of the most important (and best) powersaving apps there is.

I will check if it works directly later today and get back to you.

PS I’m happy that you still are on the project, even though you don’t have that much time available.

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**Author:** ![Felix\_oslo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/felix_oslo/32/33969_2.png) [@Felix\_oslo](https://community.homey.app/u/Felix_oslo)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2024, 4:14pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-piggy-bank/66677/1006 "2024-10-16T16:14:28Z")

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Tested now, works fine with direct API.

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**Author:** ![Petterr](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/petterr/32/114149_2.png) [@Petterr](https://community.homey.app/u/Petterr)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2024, 4:19pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-piggy-bank/66677/1007 "2024-10-20T16:19:27Z")

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Thanks for an awesome app!  
I’ve been using it for a little while now but I’ll admit that it’s a bit overwhelming to try and understand and edit everything to try and hit a set energy capacity (\<2 kWh per hour).

I recently had an electrician install two smart floor thermostats that aren’t supported yet by this app and I was wondering if it could be added when you have time @frodeheg ?  
I think it’s a quite new device from Namron called “Namron Zigbee Edge” Thermostat. It is said to be supported by Homey and the Official Namron App.

Is there a guide I can follow in order to set rules and temepratures or is it mostly trial and error? I get that every home is different and it might be because I’m still quite new to Homey and this app.

I only have a small apartment that I’m trying to get from barely being in the 2-5 kWh capacity down to 0-2 kWh, by controlling two floor thermostats and a 200L Høyax water heater (VVB).  
The app has been working great so far in keeping my energy usage within 0-2 kWh but I’m worried about the two floor thermostats being turned on and off multiple times an hour might damage or ware them out.  
Maybe a dumb question but; Is there a way to try and control dumb appliances like washer/dryer and oven/stove top? Mostly for if/when we forget and try using multiple high wattage dumb devices at once risking maxing out the energy usage.

Thanks in advance from a newbie.

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**Author:** ![Torbjorn\_Melbye](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/torbjorn_melbye/32/18194_2.png) [@Torbjorn\_Melbye](https://community.homey.app/u/Torbjorn_Melbye)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2024, 6:48pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-piggy-bank/66677/1008 "2024-10-20T18:48:49Z")

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You set the temperature you want. And in the priority you want. That way the app will turn of the lowest priority devices first. This should be your water heater. The app will make sure you don’t exceed your set maximum in one hour.  
Your thermostat has no problem turning off and on. That is what it’s made for.

I’m theory you could include anything and select the, “turn off if crisis” setting by using smart plugs. But including your dishwasher or stove, I would say is a bad idea.  
I would argue, that if you have to wait an hour to eat dinner to keep within your limit, you have to up your limit.

All in all, if you have a small apartment and you can controll your heated floors and water heater you should have no problem staying within the limit.

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