I have a smartthings hub and i was thinking i could either use ifttt or webcore to automate the fan based on the sensor in the attic.
Attic fan ifttt.
This was observed on numerous days following the installation.
Best ventilation is open soffit venting to a open vented ridge vent.
Second using ifttt to read that attic temp sensor only and trigger a wemo mini switch to turn on attic fan based on the temp reading.
Example ecobee3 is reading all temp sensors and plotting csv data every 5 minutes.
If attic temp 110f turn on attic fan.
An applet is triggered by changes that occur within other web services like the tempest system.
Below are some examples of recipes you can create on ifttt for your ecobee.
It will also publish an event when the fan is triggered.
Turn on whole house attic fan turn off the ac if the outside temperature is cooler than inside.
Rather than replacing the attic fan thermostat i was thinking of putting a sensor in the attic and replacing the wall switch.
During workdays would leave air conditioner off when leaving in the morning.
Temp 92 f at 5pm.
Use the ios or android location channel to create a geo fence.
When there is a vacation set on your google calendar set the thermostat to be in vacation mode for a certain number.
Ridge vent must me installed per the manufactures instructions.
However if your attic has blocked soffit vents and is not well sealed from the rest of the house attic fans will suck cool conditioned air up out of the house and into the attic.
The attic fan kept my house cooler by 8f compared to pre fan installation days.
Do not use mechanical means electric attic fans.
One of two leds will illuminate whenever a temperature reading is taken.
One static vent style is the turbine vent which uses wind to power its enclosed fan all it takes is a light breeze to rotate the blades and suck heat out of the attic view example on the home.
After attic fan installation ac still off during day.
This program is intended to read an event published using an ifttt applet and trigger a servo that will be mounted on a switch to turn an attic fan on.
The code can be copied and pasted into the particle web ide for use.
By installing and operating the fan properly you can often eliminate the need for air conditioning and almost always substantially reduce the cost.
If this then that also known as ifttt is a freeware web based service that creates chains of simple conditional statements called applets.
Send an email when the temperature crosses a threshold.
Benefits to the homeowner.
The whole house fan will also blow out the very hot air inside the attic and reduce the heat load onto the rooms below.
One of the leading causes for fires.
More than 50 of the attic fans i see do not work and have current still live to the motor.
And you can achieve all this for just pennies a day.
What would be the best low cost way of accomplishing this.
Create an ifttt recipe.
Attic fan ventilation attic fans are intended to cool hot attics by drawing in cooler outside air from attic vents soffit and gable and pushing hot air to the outside.
