Deck fan damage during the October 30 cleaning
Prepared by Paul Lipof for the owner of North Georgia Clean. Times are Eastern Daylight Time. The footage is from my Deck Camera (UniFi Protect). The device logs are from my Home Assistant system and my UniFi network controller.
What happened. Your crew cleaned my house and windows on Thursday, October 30, from about 12:00 to 5:10 PM. I asked the crew to be careful with the cameras. At 3:15 PM a crew member pointed a pressure-wash wand up at my Deck Camera and blasted it. The lens was soaked and the camera was blinded for about two minutes. He then sprayed the deck ceiling and its beam, where my Big Ass Fans Haiku deck fan hangs.
The fan stopped working at the same moment. The fan had reported to my system every ten minutes for days. It sent its last report at 3:17:30 PM, while the ceiling was being sprayed (the camera shows the spraying from 3:17:02 to 3:17:43), and it has not worked since.
Timeline
| Time | Source | What happened |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 12:08 PM | Camera | The crew first appears on the deck |
| 2:56–3:11 PM | Camera | Crew members in North Georgia Clean shirts work on the deck |
| 3:14:48–3:14:58 | Camera | A crew member pressure-washes the deck floor, then swings the wand upward |
| 3:15:00 | Camera | The spray hits the Deck Camera; the lens is completely covered with water |
| 3:15:00–3:17:05 | Camera | The camera is blinded by water on the lens |
| 3:17:02–3:17:43 | Camera | The crew member sprays the deck ceiling and beam overhead; water falls across the deck |
| 3:17:30 | Fan log | Last data the fan ever sent (temperature reading, 61.358 °F) |
| about 3:27 | Fan log | Next ten-minute reading was due. It never came |
| 3:18–3:26 | Camera | More hosing and spraying of the deck |
| 4:05–5:10 PM | Camera | A second crew member washes the windows and glass with a hose and brush pole |
| Oct 31, 11:22 AM | Network log | The fan's Wi-Fi radio is last seen by my network, then marked disconnected at 11:27 AM. It is still offline |
| Oct 31, 3:36 PM | Fan log | Home Assistant marks the fan and its sensors unavailable |
The camera was hit and soaked
The crew member pressure-washes the floor, raises the wand toward the camera, and at 3:15:00 the lens is covered with water. The camera stays blinded until about 3:17.
Spraying the ceiling where the fan hangs
At 3:17 the crew member points the pressure-wash wand straight up at the deck ceiling and its beam. The fan sent its last report at 3:17:30, between these two frames.
The fan's log: its data stops at 3:17:30 PM
The deck fan (Big Ass Fans Haiku, network name DeckFan, IP 192.168.0.227, MAC 14:33:5c:21:4c:00) reports its temperature to my Home Assistant system about every ten minutes. This is the recorder history for October 30. After 3:17:30 nothing more arrived, ever.
| Time (Oct 30) | Fan temperature sensor (°F) |
|---|---|
| 1:54:52 PM | 59.0 |
| 2:04:52 PM | 59.234 |
| 2:14:35 PM | 59.558 |
| 2:25:19 PM | 59.792 |
| 2:35:18 PM | 60.134 |
| 2:47:30 PM | 60.458 |
| 2:57:30 PM | 60.8 |
| 3:07:30 PM | 61.034 |
| 3:17:30 PM | 61.358, the last reading ever received |
| Oct 31, 3:36:34 PM | unavailable (nothing in between, about 24 hours) |
The fan's own motion sensor (binary_sensor.deck_fan_occupancy) last changed at 2:46:44 PM on Oct 30, then went unavailable. The fan itself (fan.deck_fan) went unavailable at 3:36:34 PM on Oct 31.
Network record for the fan (UniFi controller, read Nov 1)
| Name | DeckFan |
| MAC / fixed IP | 14:33:5c:21:4c:00 / 192.168.0.227 |
| Connected through | Deck AP, 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi |
| Last seen | Oct 31, 11:22:31 AM |
| Disconnected | Oct 31, 11:27:50 AM |
| Status now | Offline |
The fan stopped sending data at 3:17:30 PM on Oct 30, while the ceiling was being sprayed. Its Wi-Fi radio stayed weakly connected until the next morning and then dropped off the network completely.
The whole visit
Camera detections during the visit
