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What's the best approach to setting heating schedules?

With Homely in Smart and Smart+ modes, you just need to choose when you want your home to be heated and to what temperature.  You don't need to create a full days schedule.  So, if you just like your home to be 20°C in the evening then just select 18:00 to 22:00 and select 20°C.  Homely will do the rest and will look to try and save you money on your heating bills.

Standard mode works much like a simple thermostat. All you need to do is choose
the periods which you would like the heating to turn on. The heat pump will raise the temperature of your home to the requested level, during the periods that you’ve set. This may take some time to reach your desired temperature, if you would like Homely to anticipate your schedules, switch to Smart Mode and Homely will heat your home ready for when you want it.

If you would like to find out more please visit the Getting the most from Homely guides:

- Standard and Smart mode

- Smart+ mode