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Sal

Hi Flair,

I'm noticing that currently, the historical data is only available for the last 12 days. I realize that its not economical to store years worth of data, but perhaps your systems could provide users with 1 month of data?

An extra bonus would be if automatic emails (with attached .csv) could be sent so we can keep our own data. Saving data manually every few days is cumbersome :(

Cheers,

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    Flair Customer Support

    Hi Sal,

    Thanks for the suggestion!

    How are you using the data?

    All the best,

    Finn

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    Sal
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    Thanks for the reply.

    I think flair is fantastic, and I'm excited to share how well its working for our place.
    Before we had the 8 vents and 2 pucks, I would set the thermostat to 26 C / 79 F in order to keep the basement hovering around 22 C / 72 F. Even then, the basement fireplace (turns on at 72) would be running regularly.

    Now, I can set my thermostat to 23 C / 73 F, and the basement hovers between 22-24 C / 72-75 F. The fireplace rarely turns on on its own. The basement is much more comfortable now, super happy! It also made a huge difference when the AC was running - keeping the upstairs cool and the basement not frozen lol.(I also had a summer schedule to open all vents and central air fan circulate the air overnight).

    I really like having data to share with friends and family, as well as checking how its been performing. I'm disappointed that I don't have more data saved. I feel like the "Flair demographic" would also be keen on data, so just makes sense to appeal to the users :)


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    Flair Customer Support
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    Hi Sal,

    Thanks! Nice how you calculated the delta. I agree, this is great information for our users. One of the considerations is the cost of storing data over a long period. What timeframe do you feel would be reasonable as a free feature vs a paid feature?

    All the best,

    Finn

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    Sal
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    Hey Finn,

    Thanks for the reply. My opinion on the free feature would be 1-month of data available via .csv or automated email (with csv).

    A really valuable tool for a paid feature may be to have 1 or 2 years of data, and an annual report with insight on savings, performance, recommendations, etc.
    At the moment my running avg. delta is +1 in the basement, but I don't really know the limits of if I can get more, or the tradeoffs in having larger temperature swings. I'm also curious on how smart thermostat integration will benefit the delta. An annual report would be a great paid feature.

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    Flair Customer Support
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    Hi Sal,

    Thanks for the feedback!

    Also, you can also use our API to get data programmatically on a regular basis.

    In order to get developer credentials, please complete this form:

    https://forms.gle/VohiQjWNv9CAP2ASA

    The site at https://flair.co/api has information on authentication and examples of how to do many common actions - read temperatures, open/close vents, adjust set points, control a mini split, etc.

    There is an example python client available at https://github.com/flair-systems/flair-api-client-py and a few additional examples available at https://github.com/flair-systems/flair_api_client_python_examples.

    All the best,

    Finn

     

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