Water flow meter available in Australia?

Hardware
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I’m looking (without luck) for a device like the Drop or Flume that can meausre water flow through a pipe. Those devices are not available in Australia, and my water meter is 60m down the driveway at the street, so can’t use a pulse counter as it is too far from my house.

Any suggestions?

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You could insert a pulse meter into the pipe next to your house? (or let someone else do it.)

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Check out Moen Flo. Needs WiFi though so that may be limiting for you.

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Thanks , but alas, like most of these devices, it is not available in Australia. :confounded:

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Do you mean something like this?

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I have used in Australia, integrated with Home Assistant, but did not do the purchase so not sure of the answer.

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Hi folks

Any other suggestions?

I already have a Zigbee controlled switch on the main water pipe next to the house, so can turn it off if I detect leaks inside the house. However, still looking for a way to measure flow through that pipe.

Happy to have it installed by a plumber, but it needs to be available in Australia. Any suggestions welcome.

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Did you find anything in Australia?

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Alas, no. And for the moment, have given up trying!

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You can use one of these at your house’s water pipe entry point. The only issue is that you need to automate to keep it open all the time as they have a built in timer to shut off… or pull it apart and force it open.

SONOFF Zigbee Smart Water Valve | SWV-BSP/SWV-NH

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Im so sorry this is off topic but were you able to get the wx8 in the Holman app aswell as the tuya smart app?

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If you really want an overseas one you could probably just use a port forwarding company to send it to you from overseas. Might just need to sort of the electrical supply if it’s designed for 110v and can’t take a wide input voltage, which is getting more rare these days.

Another option would be to buy a flow sensor and pair it with a microcontroller like an esp32. That could give you flows into home assistant if that’s all you’re after.

There is also an Australian made product called Aquatrip that is designed to monitor flows and turn off the water if it flows over a preset time. It’s standalone though and doesn’t use wifi.