Let's Encrypt certs for my self hosted servers to include VaultWarden (which will not work with self-signed or http) as well as have easy urls for myself and family to use.
Im not expert, but Im using VaultWarden with self signed certs. Note that I didnt open it to public and I didnt buy a domain. I just made up a domain name and Im using wireguard to get access (together with NPM and pihole)
I would go around that hinge with a silicone cartridge, trying to close these tiny gaps - but use it sparingly, in order not to block the motion.
I dont understand how can I do this without blocking the motion?
look around it's outside
Rubber seal (on filter side), silicone and duckt tape is what I used to exclude that. There is also no smell in the cabinet so Im quite sure its coming from the hood
It is nearly airtight IMO and its night and day difference with/without flap. It is easy to inspect how it moves when I remove filters from filter box. Im not excluding anything here tbh
It is insane and hard to believe, but its easy to guess what meal my neighbour is preparing while it looks like there is no flow at all. After long cooking it becomes annoying especially with onnion or fish...
The other appartment installed 2 flaps with no difference... In our building I think all 3rd floor kitchens are connected to 1st floor, also 2nd to 4th floor are connected. 10 appartments on each floor means up to 40 appartments with the same issue. They have installed flaps to anyone who complained and no one is happy with results afaik.
I replaced mine with (probably) better build quality one, but there might exist even better flaps. Do you know any source in Europe for the best quality flaps. We wouldnt mind spending much more money if that can help
Not the best option, but still doable. Hooking into neighbours hood could be possible if I implement the same thing on both hoods since they want to solve the problem more than us. Its like 7m distance and I could guide the cable trough the tube.
TBH Id live to learn how to fix back flow valve or buy better one if it exists. The thing is, all valves simmilar to mine are not made to stop smell afaik. And hood is not strong enough for water tight valves, at least others told me that
I was thinking about this, but feels confusing how to sync it with extractor fan. Not sure if it should be on or off while our hood is running, and would it reduce air flow too much. I dont think temp sensor is optimal for this, but I might be wrong. Some guys mentioned air mass and air quaility sensors which feels better I think
I should test if air temperature is high enough after 5-6 m of vertical travel. If you know any device that can do that please link. Unless you are talking about full DIY?
The simple way is to use a fan or blower limit switch
Is this temperature controlled? Im not sure if temperature would be best since appartment is 2 floors below me and air might cool down? I might be wrong.
Mass airflow sensor sounds like it should work. Ill research more
Land lord is myself so cant do much about that part. Its a quite new building and lot of people share the same problem including the neighbour Im connected to. We also have active warranty and its against the law, but Im quite sure there is nothing we can do unfortunatelly. No free air flow after adding filter and flap, but yeah it looked like possible disaster.
I might dissasemble extractor to see possible way of mounting shelly 1 or simmilar switch in series with lowest settings position. Thats sounds prommissing tbh, but Ill first look what sensor is suitable. I am able to install sensor below where tubes meet, so all neighbours air will pass there. Just dont know what would be the most reliable.
Timer routine is not perfect since its far from silent even on the lowest speed
Its closed unless my extractor is on! Its also intalled properly (axle in vertical pisition), but there are some tiny gaps around the hinge which obviously cant be sealed. Its fitted properly, with seals and silicon, and then I even duckt taped eveything just to be sure. It was not that bad with flap only, but then I installed filters (carbon + hepa + dust) and it improved even more. But still sucks hard sometimes
Is it common for apartments to have shared extractor ducts?
No, but happens in crap countries like Croatia. Its sad, but I have to deal with it.
Turning on hood with relay like that would make it difficult to use when we are cooking (cant set the speed and need some kind of switch available). I was thinking I should solder relay on lowest speed, but that might cause additional issues.
Temp and humidity might work, but im not completely sure since its quite small amount of air coming trought. I should probably get some sensor and see output
is there anything wrong with just running it in the background on a modern(ish) computer? My desktop is a 5900x with 64GB of RAM
Nothing wrong, but there are some benefits of running dedicated hardware and stable server distro. Rpi or laptop will probably use way less electricity, but if your PC is running anyway than you actually save money by not using any extra hardware
Im not expert, but Im using VaultWarden with self signed certs. Note that I didnt open it to public and I didnt buy a domain. I just made up a domain name and Im using wireguard to get access (together with NPM and pihole)