RE: Automation in the Bathroom ?

["Nikola Kasic" <nikola@xxxxxxx>]

My extractor fan works on timer, when you turn on the light it turns
itself
on. When you turn light off it still works for next 15-20 min and turns
itself off.
There are two problems with that:
- it's annoying when it turns itself on and works for 20 min during the
night, when you only go to take a leak, no showering takes place.
- sometimes 20 min is enough to get rid of humidity, sometimes it's
not.

Apparently, there are some extractor fans which have humidity sensor,
and
they turn itself on when humidity is above certain trashold. Haven't
seen
them, but the guy in electric shop told me about them and they cost
about
?100. Probably that's all of automation that's needed there.
Of course, "proper" solution should be to have humidity sensor
(weather
station) and controller (autom8it) and control the process through
that.

Cheers,
Nik
  -----Original Message-----
  From: geraintuk <geraintwilliams_uk@xxxxxxx>
[mailto:geraintwilliams_uk@xxxxxxx]
  Sent: 26 December 2002 02:51
  To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
  Subject: [ukha_d] Automation in the Bathroom ?


  Guys, looking for some advice here.

  I'm cabling now for the master bedroom and en-suite.

  I need to put in new light circuits and extractor fans.
  What i'm having problems getting my head around is the best way
to
  acheive the following :

  I would like (if even possible due to humidity etc) to have a
  circuit which would allow me to use an IP65 light above the
en-suite
  shower to turn on when someone gets in the shower cubicle. I
also
  want the same circuit to turn on the extraction fan unit.

  It would be nice if I could also enable local control of just
the
  fan circuit (and I don't think anymore detail is required as to
why)

  It would also be nice if this could be done on a timer, so that
when
  finished in shower, extractor (and light if it has to be) stay
on
  for a few mins.

  I was thinking of maybe a x10 Hawkeye unit, but a) not the
nicest
  thing in the world to look at, B) not sure how it would handle
  humidity.

  I'm not even sure if this could be done, I don't run homevision
etc,
  just x10.

  Any pointers would be appreciated.

  Regards
  Geraint.


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