I have elk security but have yet to dabble much with automation. I want to start by trying to solve this issue.
The garage gets hotter than the outside temperature. I think that the main heat source is from the car. There is an exhaust fan in the garage. Intake is from the small gaps around the garage doors.
Anyway, I would like to have this fan turn on and off based on the difference between the outside and inside temperature. Another solution (probably easier) is to turn the fan on early in the morning when outside air is cool.
I have messed with x10 a bit for turning the fan on and off. The signal was not reliable. Sometimes the fan would turn on and other times it would not. It may be a phase coupler issue but before going through the whole x10 signal troubleshooting, I thought I would get some opinions on a better solution. It seems that insteon two way communication would be more reliable than x10.
Any thoughts from the experts about the best way to do this? Thanks.
The garage gets hotter than the outside temperature. I think that the main heat source is from the car. There is an exhaust fan in the garage. Intake is from the small gaps around the garage doors.
Anyway, I would like to have this fan turn on and off based on the difference between the outside and inside temperature. Another solution (probably easier) is to turn the fan on early in the morning when outside air is cool.
I have messed with x10 a bit for turning the fan on and off. The signal was not reliable. Sometimes the fan would turn on and other times it would not. It may be a phase coupler issue but before going through the whole x10 signal troubleshooting, I thought I would get some opinions on a better solution. It seems that insteon two way communication would be more reliable than x10.
Any thoughts from the experts about the best way to do this? Thanks.