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Re: Water in the basement alarm.

Reply #25 – February 01, 2017, 07:56:21 pm

Roger, our 'secret'  to running a water pump cable to the front door area is having a street-side kitchen with no street-side slide-out.  Run 3-wire cable from kitchen water pump switch, under couch, under side dash, behind dash to breaker panel vinyl front where new switches are.  With curb-side kitchen, water pump switch could be mounted next to co-pilot seat.  That is why it is easy to pick up the dock light switch wires on the way.

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Re: Water in the basement alarm.

Reply #26 – February 10, 2017, 09:14:37 am

Nerd Alert 🤓

Here is a solution for us nerdy types from SparkFun, one of my favorite places to shop and imagine "what-if?".

"The SparkFun ESP32 Thing is a comprehensive IoT development platform. The ESP32 is a WiFi-compatible microcontroller, but to that it adds support for Bluetooth low-energy (i.e BLE, BT4.0, Bluetooth Smart), and nearly 30 I/O pins. The ESP32's power and versatility will make it the foundation of your IoT and connected projects for many years to come." 

Water on the floor sensed (in multiple locations) and you get a text message. Free.

What to use...
SparkFun ESP32 Thing - DEV-13907 - SparkFun Electronics

How to do it, it looks pretty straight forward to me, really ...
Enginursday: Creating a Smart Water Sensor with the ESP32 Thing - News -...

For $20 the risk of your not completing this is low and the potential benefits are huge.

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