RoadRunner:
also note that these are zigbee (if it matters), and have no aux wiring inputs for re-purposing like the monoprice/schlage design, (however it does measure temp, which many don’t do)
I have 3 or 4 of the monoprice/schlage design which I’m going to swap out for the 4 Iris contact switches that I ordered. I figure I can repurpose the older units into a smoke detector:
or a water leak detector:
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Just figured I would post the other thing I’ve made so far. I found this instructable through a friend at work:
And bought a few of those door sensors from MonoPrice because they were relatively cheap at 24 bucks and they had the 3rd unused switch that was unused internally and had it’s own screw down block. So from there I did the following:
drilled two small holes
wrapped two lengths of bare wire double helix style down a length of nylon rope (so they never actually touch)
zip tied both ends to keep the bare wire in place on the rope
attached the two bare wires to each of the screw down terminals
closed up the mono price door sensor, hot glued and duct taped it to make it water “proof”
wrote a new device type based on the zwave water sensor (had to reverse some logic and chan…
or a pressure sensor:
Using 2 pressure mats from Freight Props and an Open/Close sensor from MonoPrice and the Easy Button app from @bdahlem I now have pressure sensors at the top and bottom of my stairs.
The plan is to turn on a few lights for a few minutes during night hours when pressure is detected. Haven’t figured out how to do that yet, but I’m sure there is a way already.
I have to justify my purchases somehow! I just couldn’t pass up that deal and like many of you, I bought them before I figured out what I was going to do with them.
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