RE: Automation in the Bathroom ?

["Shane Harrison" <shane.harrison@xxxxxxx>]

I'm  looking at putting a temp sensor on the wastepipe of the shower
to
indicate in-use and use that to switch fan on.  Good for fan but not
so
useful for lights.

Shane

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nikola Kasic [mailto:nikola@xxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Friday, 27 December 2002 11:02 p.m.
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Automation in the Bathroom ?
> 
> 
> 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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