diff --git a/tw7100.cpp b/tw7100.cpp
index b91d33e..dbc03d4 100644
--- a/tw7100.cpp
+++ b/tw7100.cpp
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ namespace esphome {
 namespace tw7100 {
 
 bool waiting_for_answer = false;
+bool waiting_for_error_report = false;
 unsigned long waiting_for_answer_since = 0;
 std::deque<std::string> cmd_queue;
 unsigned long last_set_cmd_timestamp;
@@ -139,13 +140,14 @@ void tw7100Component::loop() {
     std::string response = readStringUntil(':');
 
     if (response == "") { // no response on bus, we can use our time to do something else
-      if (!cmd_queue.empty() && !waiting_for_answer && (millis() - last_set_cmd_timestamp > _timeout_after_cmd)) {
+      if (!cmd_queue.empty() && !waiting_for_answer && (millis() - last_set_cmd_timestamp > std::max(_timeout_after_cmd, _specialTimeoutMillis))) {
         std::string cmd = cmd_queue.front();
         cmd_queue.pop_front();
         ESP_LOGV(TAG, "sending out command: %s", cmd.c_str());
         write_str((cmd + "\r\n").c_str());
         flush();
         if (cmd.find("?") != std::string::npos) { // only wait for response on CMD? requests
+          _specialTimeoutMillis = 0;
           waiting_for_answer = true;
           waiting_for_answer_since = millis();
         } else {
@@ -160,13 +162,15 @@ void tw7100Component::loop() {
       ESP_LOGV(TAG, "buffer content: %s", response.c_str());
       std::pair<std::string, std::string> parsed_response = parse_response(response);
       if (parsed_response.first == "ERR" && parsed_response.second == "ERR") {
-        if (powered_->state) {;
+        if (powered_->state && !waiting_for_error_report) {
           ESP_LOGW(TAG, "found ERR response, pushing request to fetch full error");
-          cmd_queue.push_front("ERR?"); // TODO: produces a ERR? loop on bootup if projector is turned off
+          waiting_for_error_report = true;
+          cmd_queue.push_front("ERR?");
         } else {
-          ESP_LOGE(TAG, "got ERR while projector is off, check if PWR+LAMP is too much?");
+          ESP_LOGW(TAG, "got ERR while projector is off or waiting for a previous error report");
         }
       } else if (parsed_response.first == "ERR") {
+        waiting_for_error_report = false;
         ESP_LOGE(TAG, "found ERR report, reason is: %s", parsed_response.second.c_str());
         // TODO: Handle error
       } else {
@@ -188,10 +192,20 @@ void tw7100Component::dump_config() {
 void tw7100Component::push_cmd(std::string cmd, std::string param) {
   static const char *const TAG = "push_cmd()";
   if (powered_->state) {
+    if (cmd == "PWR" && param == "OFF") {
+      _specialTimeoutMillis = 5000; // time to wait after PWR OFF until projector responds again
+      cmd_queue.clear(); // clear eventual existing query commands to avoid errors
+    }
+    if ((cmd == "SOURCE")||(cmd == "MUTE")) {
+      _specialTimeoutMillis = 4000; // time to wait after source change or AV mute
+    }
     ESP_LOGV(TAG, "pushing priority cmd (%s) from external component", cmd.c_str());
     cmd_queue.push_front(cmd + "?");
     cmd_queue.push_front(cmd + " " + param);
   } else if (cmd == "PWR" && param == "ON") {
+    _specialTimeoutMillis = 30000; // time to wait after PWR ON until projector responds again
+    cmd_queue.clear(); // clear eventual existing query commands to avoid errors
+    cmd_queue.push_front(cmd + "?");
     cmd_queue.push_front(cmd + " " + param);
   }
 }
diff --git a/tw7100.h b/tw7100.h
index e4eaae3..7c35d64 100644
--- a/tw7100.h
+++ b/tw7100.h
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ class tw7100Component : public PollingComponent, public uart::UARTDevice {
     unsigned long _max_loop_time = 30;
     unsigned long _readStringUntil_timeout = _max_loop_time/5; // number of milliseconds to wait for the next char before aborting timed read
     unsigned long _timeout_after_cmd = 1000;
+    unsigned long _specialTimeoutMillis = 0;
 
   public:
     tw7100Component() = default;