So I’m in the initial stages of planning a whole home monitoring system for a cabin I am currently building. I do not have municipal water at the cabin, I will be running off of a cistern (water tank) that will be filled manually by myself. I do have hopes to integrate a rain water collection system in the future, but for mean time the cistern will be filled by manually transporting the water.
I would love to hear ideas that others have to help develop this plan before I start implementing it.
Currently there are 9 sensors/controls that I am looking to incorporate.
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Cistern Pump- Power Monitoring & on/off- I would like to see when the pump is running and also turn it off when I am away. I was thinking of using a Shelly 1 with a contactor to do this. For actual power monitoring I plan on using a Shelly EM.
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Cistern Depth- I plan on using a Shelly Uni and a water level transducer with a resistor so that the Uni can read the output.
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Main Water shutoff- I will have a manual valve, but I will also like an electric main ball valve for the house. I think I can control this with a Shelly Uni but I am open to better ideas.
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UV Filter- Power Monitoring & On/Off- I plan on controlling this with a Shelly 1PM.
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Water Metering - Since I am not using municipal water I would like to monitor my water usage and also use it to back check the cistern depth. I plan on using a Water meter that pulse for each gallon used and an ESP32. I haven’t used any ESP products and but there seems to be a lot of information out there to incorporate.
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Water Line pressure- I plan on using a water pressure transducer and a Shelly Uni.
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Hot water Heater- Power Monitoring and On/Off- I plan on using a Shelly 1 with a contactor and a Shelly EM in conjunction with the Cistern pump in the breaker box for power monitoring.
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Leak Detection - There is plenty out there for this.
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Room Temperature - There is plenty out there to monitor room temperature. But I would like to monitor my utility room to make sure it doesn’t get close to freezing.