Looking for trigger ideas to turn on the light over the kitchen sink while washing dishes or working at the counters next to the sink.
I thought about a couple vibration sensors attached to the under the inderside of the counters and sink.
The sink is stainless steel so I doubt there would be an issue sensing vibration there, but the counters are quartz. Im not sure if the sensors are sensitive enough to sense vibration thriugh quartz.
What are your experiences with these tyoes of sensors and I’m interested in other trigger ideas.
Not sure if it is applicable here, but i use motion in my shower.
However, it turns out they do not work very well when taking a shower…
But my (gas) boiler has a sensor that detects the request for hot water.
So I made it like whenever the hot water tap is open, the light won’t turn off
I have vibration sensors under kitchen work desk and they are pretty sensitive. When I put glass on desk, lights turn on. I also have another vibration sensor attached to the hose feeding kitchen faucet and that also works great - turning on water turns on lights. https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004712968185.html
Second on the presence sensor. I have an Aqara FP2 that splits my kitchen into zones (sink, stove, refrigerator, back door, and bar) and I trigger based upon presence in those zones. Works pretty well most of the time.
