Photography by Duane Wessels
AUTOMATED FAN SPEED CONTROLLER
Steady temperatures in a server room, using the MAKE Controller.
When our house was built, I put a server room next to my office. Unfortunately, it had only a small bathroom-style fan with a 4” duct leading outside, and during the summer I had to leave the door open, which made my office hot and loud.
So I installed a larger fan, along with an 8” duct that dumps the waste heat into our basement during winter and outside during the summer. The new fan works well, but also ...
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