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submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Remember that a fan does not cool the environment. It cools you due to pushing the hot air away from you, but it does not actually cool the air itself. I have a dumb window air conditioning unit in my room that I've connected to a smart plug and I'm using the forecast temperature from the weather provider to automate it turning on. Eventually, I think I'll actually get a temperature sensor and switch the automation from the online forecast to the sensor instead. But the online forecast is cheaper, so that's how I've at least started out.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Remember that a fan does not cool the environment. It cools you due to pushing the hot air away from you, but it does not actually cool the air itself.

One step further actually, you’re directly dumping heat into the room by running the fan.

this post was submitted on 01 May 2025
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