Re: Humidity problem

["egelbeertje" <r_d_k@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Tim,
...my shower is only gravity powered ... ;-) and since the whole
bathroom is covered with wall tiles up to the ceiling, my only way to
get into it is through the ceiling (we do have a door ;-) - I still
have to put in place the lowered ceiling (with spots etc) so I have
some way of installing the sensor next to the airduct right overhead
the shower.

rgds Rob


--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Hawes,Timothy Edward \(GEG\)"
<haweste@a...> wrote:
> I see you've got a solution, but I thought I'd post anyway.
>
> That might've been me that posted the original idea but alas, have
not
> installed it myself yet so I can't comment on how well it works. My
> previous house had the bathroom in the middle with no windows and
there
> were ways to get cables in. E.g. my waste pipes were boxed in which
> provided the perfect route into the loft so I could extend the
> underfloor heating cables to a suitable point. You *have* to get the
> waste water out of the room, it just may not then go to the most
logical
> place for the rest of the kit. Maybe you could mount the sensor
behind
> the bath panel ? If you're shower is electric, put a relay for the
> extract fan in the feed circuit to the power shower. When the
shower is
> on, the fan is on, then set the overrun timer to whatever is
suitable
> once the shower has gone off.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Tim H.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: egelbeertje  Sent: 22 September 2004 09:50
> >
> > I like the idea and it does make sense but hacking through
> > concrete walls and tearing up half the bathroom wall tiles to
> > access the hotwater pipes is not my idea of automation ;-)
> > swmbo would kill me.
> >
> > rgds Rob
> >
> >
> > --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, kimble <kim@d...> wrote:
> > > egelbeertje wrote:
> > >
> > > > Anybody out there with some bright idea would be
welcome to
> > comment.
> > > > Also some guidance on where to find humidity detectors
would
be a
> > > > good start.
> > >
> > > I vaguely recall someone (who may or may not have been on
here)
> > > mentioning the cunning method of measuring the temperature
of
the
> > hot
> > > water pipe to the shower/bath as a means of controlling a
fan
using
> > a
> > > simple hot water tank thermostat (although you could of
course
do
> > > something a bit more 'intelligent').  May be more or less
effort
> > than
> > > measuring humidity directly, depending on the layout of your
> > plumbing
> > > and so on.
> > >
> > >
> > > kim.
> > > xxx
>
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