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I use an Awair, also in a cold climate. Seeing the data for my air quality motivated me to install an air exchanger. Having the monitor allowed me to see how mu
by twothamendment 2y ago
I use an Awair, also in a cold climate. Seeing the data for my air quality motivated me to install an air exchanger. Having the monitor allowed me to see how much we needed to exchange in order to keep the CO2 at a decent level.
For anyone with a modern home that is sealed up average or better, an air monitor indoors is almost a must.
On the topic of the number of people and CO2, I'm tempted to have it alert me when I'm out of town and the CO2 rises. I have an alarm, but who would think to defeat the innocent looking air monitor on the shelf?
- suyula 2y agoWhat's the intended purpose of the system alerting you when you're out of town?
- agsnu 2y agoPresumably, an unexpected increase in CO2 would be a proxy for intruders.
- defrost 2y agoOr houseplants dying.
- twothamendment 2y agoHa, if only it were that sensitize. I have an air exchanger, so I don't think the plants will change it enough to matter. I expect that normal air infiltration would cycle more air than plants.
- twothamendment 2y agoYes, what is kinda fun is I can tell what time my kids are out of bed (really it if their room) just by the changes in co2. Everyone was gone today at the same time (rare with WFH and home school). I can see within about a minute when we arrived home.
- EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK 2y agoOr intruders may be conveniently alerted when you are out of town :) Who knows who built that monitoring app and which npm modules it imported.
- twothamendment 2y agoAwair let's you hit the device on the LAN and get JSON, so the software is all mine. You don't have to let it connect out or report to anyone else. That is one of the reasons I picked it, I like my smart home to stay home.