Great idea, hope you can get sufficient data.
This application of data science to struggling vents is surely useful in many Sense-monitored situations where there is a possible fan or motor failure.
On a not unrelated note: I have a combo Washer/Dryer that I have been intending to post data on since it’s been running on an HS110 (smart plug) for long enough now that the data might mean something. This is an unvented washer/dryer so is not so relevant to your study but the following may be of interest.
The graph shows:
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Laundry day aggregated average hourly wattage.
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Data indicating multiple loads (3 or 4 days) or washing-only is culled. i.e. chart is showing single wash+dry cycles
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The linear R-squared is to 3 decimal places. i.e. pretty close to zero.
Meaning (to me) that my cycle of washing+drying is quite consistent, as is the washing+drying cycle itself! That would seem to bode well for vent-blockage analysis.
