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Local Only Water Meter? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 6 months ago by brownmustardminion@lemmy.ml to c/homeassistant@lemmy.world
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I tried my hand at rigging a proximity sensor to the water meter in my house. Sadly it doesn’t have the spinning magnet for the sensor to pick up.

I looked into other options for pulling data from the meter, but for each method, my very antiquated meter had a complication that would prevent it from working.

TLDR: Any recommendations for a home water meter that’s local and integrates well with home assistant?

I’m going to check with my water company first, but likely will remove the old meter and replumb a new “smart” meter and an automated shut off valve into the water supply. I believe the current meter is leftover from before the utility added new meters further upstream, so I’d rather get rid of the rusty piece of junk anyway.

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[–] brownmustardminion@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I considered this. But unfortunately my meter has a large dial that slowly passes over the numbers, obscuring it. Also it’s rusting really bad.

[–] GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 2 points 6 months ago

Your meter may have some kind of magnetic flux that occurs as the dial spins, which you might be able to sense and interpret.