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Home Assistant is open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first. Powered by a worldwide community of tinkerers and DIY enthusiasts. Perfect to run on a Raspberry Pi or a local server. Available for free at home-assistant.io

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Automated Cooling (feddit.uk)

submitted 4 weeks ago by Cyber@feddit.uk to c/homeassistant@lemmy.world

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It's already 25DegC in my home office.

The best cooling automation I have so far is to turn the fan on when it's 25 for >5mins.

Is there a nice zigbee / ESP32 evaporation cooler that I can enjoying setting up with HA?

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[–] Cyber@feddit.uk 3 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

The roof above my head is probably close to 40DegC, but I put 150mm insulation in, so it's not toooo bad at the mo

That's where the external heat's coming from.

The internal heat is me, a laptop under heavy load (corp security = noticable% CPU), some monitors and the NAS (which is now on automated power on / off cycles to reduce heat)

But yeah, we have no AC. We only have a few weeks in the year like this - at scattered random times - so it's not worth installing. Next week we might be back down to 15DegC

And if I put a unit in my window then I'll basically be living in a dungeon.

[–] lupusblackfur@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago

Just to mention it again, through-wall is an option...

But, if overheat conditions are not that often, still might not be worth cost of installation.

Might consider a low-tech solution such as putting a bowl of ice cubes in front of the fan so the air passes over the bowl before hitting either you or equipment. 🤷‍♂️