Smart Dish Rack - Automated Fan that Accelerates Dish Drying Time by 4X
𝗗𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗶𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗿𝘆 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆?
𝗗𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝘁 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝘄𝗮𝘀𝗵, 𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗲𝘃𝗮𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻?
𝗗𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗱𝗿𝘆 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗽𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝘂𝗽 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻?
I was looking for a convenient process to put away dry dishes by nighttime to have a cleared dish rack by morning before starting another chaotic day with family members pilling more wet dishes.
This project leverages a SmartThings ZigBee Door/Window Sensor with a built-in vibration circuit to detect dishes placed on the dish rack. The drying apparatus comprise of multiple USB cross-flow fans (originally laptop coolers) stacked together to blow air at room temperature. These fans are connected to a smart outlet and triggered upon sensing vibration. I also placed a rechargeable button switch for manual operation. Adding more smart functionalities, the fans can also be controlled via Alexa voice assistance and a SmartThings routine that turns off automatically after a few hours as well as ignores vibration triggers after midnight to preserve a quiet nighttime.
Altogether, my drying time reduced by four times on average allowing the dishes to stored away within a couple of hours. No more wet dishes piling up excessively!
Note: I completed this project a couple of years ago before the start of this YouTube channel, so I have limited photos and footage for this video. I hope it still inspires other DIY’ers to try it out.
𝗠𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹𝘀:
Cross-flow laptop cooling fan: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Laptop+Cro...
SmartThings vibration sensor: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07F956F3B
2xAA 3V battery holder: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B076C7S2VN
𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁:
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