So i have a GMRS repeater in my back porch. Repeater gets hot when there's a lot of traffic on it.
I will like to use 4 80mm fans with some kind of temperature probe? Sensor? To cool it down when needed.
Any ideas or suggestions? The repeater has its own fan but doesn't cool down the unit enough when needed it just needs more help. Plus I will like to add a temperature readout to one of my dashboards to keep an eye on it.
I suggest you try this question in the Arduino forum.
Do you have a temperature sensor that is compatible with Hubitat? I think Shelly has some, including the Shelly Uni.
You could use that to display the temperature on your dashboard.
Then you could either plug a 120v fan in a plug that is compatible with Hubitat or use a relay (Zooz and Shelly have some) to have Hubitat turn on/off power to the fan. If you use a Shelly Uni with a temperature probe, you could also use the same device as the relay to a low power fan (Ex.: 12v).
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Shelly 1 has a ‘hat’ you can get to add a standard temp probe on it
You could easily use another shelly 1 to switch on/off an ac or dc fan
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AC Infinity Controller 1 , for control:
SNZB-02, for feedback:
I'm not dealing with Arduino. I want something to work in Hubitat
I have a couple of these but they might melt if they are too close. I thought about it i might take one apart and see if i can use it that way close to the unit.
With this one I'm not sure how i can make it work with Hubitat? I understand it does everything by itself but no way to monitor temperature in Hubitat.
Unless you know how?
Aren't these WiFi only?
I have a bunch of Iris contact sensors that have temperature sensor in them. Any way to use the temperature to trigger the fans?
Correct, but there’s drivers for them and they are controlled locally.
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Not sure about the fans part of the equation but the sensors will allow to trigger based on temps and if they happen to be the V1 contacts I can tell you they will operate in temps as high as 125+ degrees flawlessly.
