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   Mac | Nov 24, 2008 06:33pm | #1

   Latest This Old House project has this solved for you. Cupola has automated windows installed.

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   homohabilis | Nov 24, 2008 07:15pm | #2

   I am using the system from http://wintrol.com/. It's rather pricey, about $650 for two windows. It has been in about 6 months with no problems. Don't have a feel for its long term reliability though the components appear to be pretty good. The installation instructions are a bit cryptic but the phone support was excellent.

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   klhoush | Nov 24, 2008 07:19pm | #3

   Andersen makes a motor for awning windows:

   http://www.andersenwindows.com/servlet/Satellite?blobcol=urldata&blobheader=application%2FpdfContent-Disposition%3A+inline%3B+filename%3D0005213.pdf%3B&blobkey=id&blobnocache=false&blobtable=MungoBlobs&blobwhere=1169410731548&ssbinary=true

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   smslaw | Nov 24, 2008 09:46pm | #4

   I have a similar pair of motorized (awning) windows in my cupola.  They are Marvin windows and as far as I can remember the whole units were supplied by Marvin.  So far so good. (3 years, but only open them once in a while)

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   Karl27 | Nov 24, 2008 10:31pm | #5

   I have 4 motorized Andersen awning windows in my house. The motors were added to  standard 400 series windows two years ago.  The motors have to be wired  to a power supply, which needs an outlet.  And a keypad controller has to be hardwired to the power supply.

   The motors work great.  The windows seal tight.  It does have rain sensors.  However I am on my third power supply.  The first two failed after thunderstorms in the first year.  Nothing else in the house has ever been affected, just these power supplys. Andersen replaced them both times.  After the second failure, I rewired the outlet to be switched and now only energize when the windows need to be open or closed.

    

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   frenchy | Nov 25, 2008 01:46am | #6

   I agree with the use of Andersens, relatively common addition. I think they also offer casement motors as well.