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Had a leak under the sink in our kitchen. I don’t want to imagine what this would have meant on a larger scale, compared the 20€ I spent on the sensor and the 10mins it costed me to install it.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (3 children)

hey can be used for a bunch of things, not just leak sensing.

I'm curious. Like what?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

A door opening contact sensor.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

You can buy these at around the same price or less, so no point in doing that

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

Aqara have good door and window sensors too

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Seeing how much liquid you can pee?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Edited my post to include a link - someone used it for a bed occupancy sensor: https://www.homeautomationguy.io/blog/making-my-own-bed-sensor

[–] RvTV95XBeo 9 points 1 day ago

Some days I don't wet the bed, how will it recognize my presence without a steady stream of moisture?