Posted by JohnC on November 8, 2008, 9:25 am
I am looking at replacing a single hung window in the bath.
I would like to make it so I could remote control it because
it is hard to reach it. I was also planning on mounting a fan
on the outside to cover the entire opening. This window is one of the
few in my home that is desirable to be open during the
right tempurature/humidity conditions. I wish to do this
so when we are to old to manually open or close this window,
we won't brake our necks or anything else.
I have searched at length and found only one solution,but,it
is not mfg in the USA. Plus the voltage requirements are wrong.
Has any body built anything like this?
I am thinking rack and pinion,limit switches and the like.
Any thoughts or comments welcomed. Also I am willing and
able to build . maybe start a mock up to develop a working unit.
Posted by ransley on November 8, 2008, 4:15 pm
> I am looking at replacing a single hung window in the bath.
> I would like to make it so I could remote control it because
> it is hard to reach it. I was also planning on mounting a fan
> on the outside to cover the entire opening. This window is one of the
> few in my home that is desirable to be open during the
> right tempurature/humidity conditions. I wish to do this
> so when we are to old to manually open or close this window,
> we won't brake our necks or anything else.
> I have searched at length and found only one solution,but,it
> is not mfg in the USA. Plus the voltage requirements are wrong.
> Has any body built anything like this?
> I am thinking rack and pinion,limit switches and the like.
> Any thoughts or comments welcomed. Also I am willing and
> able to build . maybe start a mock up to develop a working unit.
Skylight windows are made powered
Posted by Jim Wilkins on November 9, 2008, 7:07 am
> I am looking at replacing a single hung window in the bath.
> I would like to make it so I could remote control it because
> it is hard to reach it. ...
Maybe you could find a commercial/institutional latch with a ring on
it that you operate with a pole. I remember them from the tall windows
at school.
Posted by Tim Jackson on November 9, 2008, 7:43 am
Jim Wilkins wrote:
>> I am looking at replacing a single hung window in the bath.
>> I would like to make it so I could remote control it because
>> it is hard to reach it. ...
>
> Maybe you could find a commercial/institutional latch with a ring on
> it that you operate with a pole. I remember them from the tall windows
> at school.
Me too, but nowadays (at my local school) those windows have a crank on
the wall and a Bowden cable sort of arrangement to operate the window.
Tim Jackson
Posted by Martin Riddle on November 10, 2008, 9:58 pm
|I am looking at replacing a single hung window in the bath.
| I would like to make it so I could remote control it because
| it is hard to reach it. I was also planning on mounting a fan
| on the outside to cover the entire opening. This window is one of the
| few in my home that is desirable to be open during the
| right tempurature/humidity conditions. I wish to do this
| so when we are to old to manually open or close this window,
| we won't brake our necks or anything else.
| I have searched at length and found only one solution,but,it
| is not mfg in the USA. Plus the voltage requirements are wrong.
| Has any body built anything like this?
| I am thinking rack and pinion,limit switches and the like.
| Any thoughts or comments welcomed. Also I am willing and
| able to build . maybe start a mock up to develop a working unit.
|
This is neat.. http://www.robotshop.us/add-a-motor-umbrella-motor.html
Which style window, This Sintesi is not for a hung window but sounds
like you may need to pick a window that will work with a controller.
http://www.homecontrols.com/cgi-bin/main/co_disp/displ/carfnbr/280/prrfnbr/3370/Sintesi-Window-Motor-System
Cheers
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> I would like to make it so I could remote control it because
> it is hard to reach it. I was also planning on mounting a fan
> on the outside to cover the entire opening. This window is one of the
> few in my home that is desirable to be open during the
> right tempurature/humidity conditions. I wish to do this
> so when we are to old to manually open or close this window,
> we won't brake our necks or anything else.
> I have searched at length and found only one solution,but,it
> is not mfg in the USA. Plus the voltage requirements are wrong.
> Has any body built anything like this?
> I am thinking rack and pinion,limit switches and the like.
> Any thoughts or comments welcomed. Also I am willing and
> able to build . maybe start a mock up to develop a working unit.