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Offline Fabius

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Inexpensive Air Quality Monitor
« on: April 25, 2020, 06:30:44 PM »
I just received my Ambient Weather PM25 which I installed outside. I'd like to find a low cost air quality monitor for inside the house. A search of eBay finds many different ones. Does anyone have a recommendation? Pictured is an example of one. from several different US sellers $38 USD. It sells for about $10 cheaper if you order from a China based dealer on eBay.
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Re: Inexpensive Air Quality Monitor
« Reply #1 on: April 25, 2020, 09:00:44 PM »
Ambient has an indoor model that requires constant AC power.
https://www.ambientweather.com/amwepmpmwiin.html
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Re: Inexpensive Air Quality Monitor
« Reply #2 on: April 25, 2020, 10:14:37 PM »
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Includes a solar collector and rechargeable batteries.
An interesting design feature for an indoor sensor  :lol:
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Re: Inexpensive Air Quality Monitor
« Reply #3 on: April 25, 2020, 10:20:06 PM »
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Includes a solar collector and rechargeable batteries.
An interesting design feature for an indoor sensor  :lol:

They goofed on the specifications as they copied from the outdoor model which is almost identical. It doesn't have a solar panel.
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Offline Fabius

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Re: Inexpensive Air Quality Monitor
« Reply #4 on: April 25, 2020, 10:35:23 PM »
I'm surprised that the indoor Ambient PM25 is the same price as the outdoor one.
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