Outdoor Z-Wave Sensor

[gsgentry (Greg)]

Are there any Z-Wave sensors that would be suitable for weather to place on an outside gate or fence?

Thank you in advance!!!

[Automated_House (Jimmy)]

What kind of sensor? Motion? Contact?

[gsgentry (Greg)]

Contact sensor is what I am thinking to put on the gate, as we don’t always lock it.

Thank you!

[erickv (Erick)]

Hello @gsgentry, take a look to this post, you’ll find many options discussed here.

Outdoor temperature monitoring options?

I live near a large lake so online weather and weather underground stations tend to be very inaccurate for my house. I am looking for a simple and INEXPENSIVE way to remotely monitor my outside temp and humidity levels. Ideally I’d like to spend less than $50 USD. I’m not looking to install a full blown weather station that reports to weather underground or anything extravagant. I have a large porch that wraps around the front of the house so I think indoor sensors will be adequately protected. I can find sensors that report temp and humidity such as the monoprice PIR multisensor. My concern is that this is an indoor multi-sensor and that temp and humidity reported may not be accurate. I know that my Visonic door sensors that report temp seem to be terrible with respect to accuracy and u…

Cheers.

[gsgentry (Greg)]

Thank you but that is more about temperature. I’m looking for open/closing of my gate. But something that can handle the rain.

[wenglish (Mike Thomas)]

I’ve been using one of the Visonic MCT-340E sensors on my deck, and it has survived a couple of years. Granted it’s under an overhang, and is on the inside-facing (deck side) of a railing post (to keep direct sunlight off it), so it’s a bit sheltered from direct rain.

[Automated_House (Jimmy)]

Sensative is the only outdoor contact sensor I know of. But gates can tricky due to materials (ie metal) and large gaps. I ended up with a go control contact sensor with external inputs, Water resistant project box and large gap reed switch.