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Marc-Olivier Arsenault edited this page Nov 22, 2022 · 6 revisions

Tefnut

Tefnut (tfnwt) is a deity of moisture, moist air, dew and rain in Ancient Egyptian religion. - Wikipedia

Tefnut is a control system to manage central humidifier. Tefnut replace basic humidistat that only operate on a fix preset. It allows to use outdoor temperature which in cold climate, prevent condesation in windows.

Instead, by using outside temperature, we are adjusting the desired setpoint automatically

Outside Temp (oC) Target Humidity Level
<= -30 15%
<= -25 20%
<= -20 25%
<= -15 30%
<= -10 35%
<= 5 40%
> 5 45%

Limitation

This implementation of Tefnut is only compatible with:

  • Humidistat that can be control via simple dry switches
  • Access to hardware to control Humidifier switch (e.g. Raspberry Pi)
  • Ecobee smart thermostat to reed house ambiant humidity level.

Note: It is designed to be resonabily modular, so assuming you want to get humidity level from another source or you want to control Humidifier from something else than Rapberry pie, it should not be hard to replace in the source code.

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