This topic is about the Piggy Bank app. The main purpose of this app is to make sure the power usage for every hour is within the targeted power tariff in Norway (now also Belgium - if someone can confirm I did it right). New features are being added continuously. It is being developed at GitHub - frodeheg/no.sparegris: Saves money by adjusting when to use electricity Common questions 1. When will my device be supported If your device is not supported, Please send me a device report and I will add support for your device as soon as possible. 2. How to send a device report Go to the app settings and Click the “Help” menu Select the menu choice “The app cannot find my device” Click “Report a problem” Click “Select report” and select “Experimental unit is working” (or another report type if applicable) Click “Select unit” and select the Philips Hue device / other unsupported devices Click “Generate report” Click “Send” Once I get the device report I will add the device type to the list of supported devices and, if applicable, fix any problems controlling the devices.

What is the difference between “Disable override” and “Controlled” when I want Piggy Bank to resume control of a device I have used in “manual temperature” for a while?

Did you figure out anything? I have had the same problem the whole night last nights….

Unfortunately I did not. Still having the same issue. But the app sort of does it’s jobb. It does not turn of all my heating devices, just the water heater, and then it usually gets the data right again and becomes stable before turning off heating cables, ovens and AC. But it is quite annoying… Did you find out anything?

What value have you set for “reserved power” (reservert effekt) ? [1000026008]

If “Piggy Bank” could control the device before you activated manual override, I think those two options will give the same result, e.g. device will be put back to “controlled” under priority settings either way. But if this device for instance was set to “always on” before manual override was activated, choosing “controlled” would change the behaviour of this device vs how it was configured before override. “Deactivate override” (or “always on”) would be the correct option in that case.

Have some problems. Available effect doesn’t update anymore. Or lives it own life. This results in “limiting” the power. Does anyone else experience the same?

Appen oppdaterer ikke prisnivåene og høy og lav pris har samme verdi. Bruker strømregning i tillegg. [IMG_0029]

Nordpool changed the resolution of their prices from hourly to 15-min. This broke quite a number of apps, including electrical bill (might have been fixed now). As this app broke, and in addition to that it hasn’t been maintained for quite some time, I ended up writing a new app inspired by Piggy Bank.

@Ole_Markus_With Sorry for not being very active here, but you are welcome to submit change requests to the piggy bank repository, I will gladly include it if it fixes things that are broken. It was just a bit too much time consuming when I was working on it alone…

Understood. I would have contributed if I knew that. But now I sort of have my own app that is a bit more specific to my needs. It has some features that would not fit that well with Piggy Bank.

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Ole_Markus_With February 12, 2026, 7:27am 1104

Short answer: to some extent, and yes. Happy to discuss the details in the app thread [APP][Pro] PELS - Save energy and money with automatic capacity control and price-aware load shifting

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