Okay, as of 11:30 AM, the AC was working again and battling against 104 degree heat. That means we can start looking at our data again – and plan out what to do about the window, sun shade, or other system for blocking some or all of the heat for this one picture window.
In an effort to help make this data more representative of what’s actually going on inside the house, I put a thin piece of aluminum around the sensor in the entry way. My thought was that it would help deflect some of the direct heat hitting the sensor and causing it to register ~100 degree heat on the ground.
Distributed temperature sensors for creating a “heat progression map” of temperatures in a house. Right now I only have three sensors, but these are inexpensive enough, that I could see creating several to send temperature back to my PC. There’s always a tradeoff between effort, speed, and cost.
- One infrared thermometer. $15
- One board, 3 sensors, lots of wire. ~$30 and lots of wire hassles
- $5 XIAO board, $2 worth of thermistors and resistors, $2 protoboard, $15 wire
- A small amount of soldering
- Three boards with a sensor each. ~$25 and very portable / placeable
- 3x ($3 Wemos D1 Mini, $2 AHT10 sensor, $2 protoboard, $1 tap light, $1 for two AA batteries)
- SO MUCH SOLDERING
For the best looking and most useful data, I think the three-board but higher effort approach is best. It also scales very nicely. For about $50 you could distribute 6 sensors throughout your house and get a sense of how heat moves around you home.
Summer Science - Testing Effects of Window Coverings on Interior Temperatures- Testing the Effect of Interior and Exterior Window Coverings on Interior Temperatures
- Testing Interior Temperatures – preliminary results
- Readings so far… 07/11/2026
- Now with remote sensors
- Repeatedly Redundant (Sensing Sensors)
- WHY IS EVERYTHING BROKEN?!
- Musings on measurements and a wacky cat
- WWMWD?
- Back on track
- House Temperature Readings So Far