I recently had the condensate pump on my AC unit fail and ended up with a bunch of water in my basement. The new pump I put in has 2 wires on it that are meant to hook up to either an alarm or a shutoff for the HVAC system. What device would folks recommend I could attach to those wires and integr…

those two wires are usually attached to a float switch i believe. I don’t know of any smart float switches, but you may be able to use a z-wave sensor with remote leads.

I’m not looking to replace the switch, just something I can connect to the two leads that will alert me.

ah, in that case and z-wave or zigbee device with dry contacts will work. GoControl made a door sensor that has them, and others like Quibino have dedicated dry contact devices. You may have luck googling “z-wave dry contact sensor”

[image] bytemyfoot: just something I can connect to the two leads that will alert me Assuming the two wires coming out of your condensate pump/resevoir are simply connected to a float-switch (i.e. no power coming from those two wires), you can simply use the following Z-Wave sensor which has …

Thank you very much for your help!

Post pictures or let us know how this works out. Because this is something I might be interested in doing too.

The Ecolink sensor is great. I use it for other applications where I connect to the ports. However, it will not give you battery status information. You need to test it periodically to make sure it still works and is not out of battery. Mine usually lasts about 9-12 month… How about using a water s…

I just got a mail: Arotec has a new device with external ports. This may have battery reporting. It’s a bit more expensive though: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07PDDX3K6/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ref=myi_title_dp&linkCode=sl1&tag=sso0e-20&linkId=07857678651265399caadcb6acea6466&language=en_US

I got the Aeotec Door/Window Sensor 7 and it certainly does have spots for wires, so that’s good! The holes in the case are too small for the wires on my condensate pump, so I just drilled them larger into a slot to fit. [casemod] However, I’m not sure how to change the parameters to detect the w…

HVAC Condensate Pump Alarm?

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Automated_House (Jimmy) July 25, 2019, 10:19pm 11

can see if Aeotec has a smartthings handler with that setting or use this [BETA] Z-Wave Tweaker

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