Ventilator drive system

Claim 1

A ventilator drive system comprising: (a) an electric motor for driving a fan for ventilation of a room; (b) humidity sensing means for sensing the relative humidity of indoor air, said humidity sensing means comprising a humidity sensing element formed from a material having an electrical resistance value which varies when subjected to said humidity and a base plate secured to a wall of said room with a metallic heat transferable member interposed therebetween, said humidity sensing element being disposed on said base plate so that heat is transferred from said wall to said humidity sensing element, said humidity sensing means producing a signal, the level of which corresponds to sensed relative humidity of said indoor air; (c) reference level setting means for setting a reference level of said relative humidity of said indoor air, said reference level setting means being provided with a plurality of reference levels which are selectively set therein, one of said reference levels corresponding to a relative humidity of approximately 100%, said reference level setting means producing a reference signal, the level of which corresponds to any one of said reference levels of said relative humidity of said indoor air; and (d) control circuit means for comparing said signal produced from said humidity sensing means with said reference signal produced from said reference level setting means, thereby driving said motor when said relative humidity of said indoor air exceeds said reference level.