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?

  • SayCyberOnceMore@feddit.ukOP
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    3 days ago

    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.

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      3 days 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. 🤷‍♂️