RE: Re: Temperature sensor for mac mini?!

["Tim" <timsyahoo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It does rather depend on where you're taking the air from as to
whether it
will have a large cooling effect. If it's coming from a lounge (for e.g.)
or
another room within the heated envelope of the house, you'll get *some*
benefit, but obviously more benefit if the air was coming from a cooler
utility room or similar.

There's also noise to consider. Generally you need as low a velocity on the
outlet as you can achieve - it's the high speed air that causes the whoosh
sound. Also pay careful attention to how you mount the fan so that the
vibrations don't get transmitted through the building structure.

How hot does the understairs cupboard get? What else do you have there? I
can't imagine a mac mini putting out too much heat...

HTH,

Tim.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: noel_pilot
>
> Fantastic cheers Tim,
> So if I put a vent in the bottom of the door to understairs cupboard
> and have exhaust fan at top do we think this could be reasonably
> effective at cooling>!
> Thanks
> Noel
> --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Tim Hawes" <timsyahoo@...>
wrote:
> >
> > Noel,
> >
> > It might be an idea to intentionally separate the cooling
controls
> > from the "PC" that's doing the controlling of
everything else...
> >
> > If you're going the bathroom extract route then a simple mains
> > themostat should do the trick e.g.
> > http://forums.automatedhome.com/showpost.php?p=5752&postcount=5
> > Note the requirement that for cooling the thermostat contacts
should
> > *close* on high temperature whereas for a heating thermostat they
> > would normally *open* on high temp.
> >
> > HTH,
> >
> > Tim.
> >
> >
> >
> > On 10/28/07, noel_pilot <HA@...> wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > > Hoping to pick up a mac mini shortly to become the server
for the
> > > house with indigo for x10 ha control.  One thing I'm
thinking that it
> > > could also solve is my cooling issues within node 0.  Im
thinking of a
> > > bathroom extractor fan but due to noise I only want it on
when
> > > temperature inside node 0 reaches a certain level. 
So....how could I
> > > go about getting temperature into the mac mini to be usable
by indigo?
> > >  I know there's lots of talk about one wire but I don't have
any
> > > understanding of how that gets onto a computer apart from
something
> > > with I/O ports like homevision (think thats right from
memory?!)
> > >
> > > Any tips or pointers gratefully appreciated.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Noel
> > > p.s. tivo still available if anyone wants it!
> >
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