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Automated Cooling (feddit.uk)

submitted 3 months 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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[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 15 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (6 children)

Before you bother with a swamp cooler: have you measured the relative humidity % in the room on a hot day? They only help in very specific climates.

[–] digger@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 months ago (5 children)

Here! Have a website with some helpful charts!

https://learnmetrics.com/evaporative-cooler-chart-swamp-cooler/

[–] Cyber@feddit.uk 2 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Thanks

Hmmm... my office is 50~60%:

At 55% relative humidity, the swamp cooler will be able to drop the temperature from 90°F to 81°F. That’s a -9°F drop.

So, it'll be able to drop 32°C to 27°C...

Looks like I might have to look for a different solution... or have a higher electricity bill by running a dehumidifier too.

[–] ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 months ago

At that point just get an AC unit

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