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RE: Re: Oil level monitors
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- Subject: RE: Re: Oil level monitors
- From: "Keith Doxey" <lists.diyha@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2002 23:35:03 -0000
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Hi
Chris,
Dont
forget that here in the UK we are extremely limited in what is available or
affordable for Home Automation.
Collectively the members of UKHA have devised many ways of achieving
what
they desire either by building/writing from the ground up, or adapting
other
technologies to suit a different purpose. There are many self contained
devices
such as temperature sensors etc that function well as stand alone systems
but we
seek to integrate them with other systems.
The
ultimate aim is to achieve systems that offer the same type of
functionality as
the high end systems available in the States but without breaking the bank
too
much in the process.
Dont
forget there is another side to continuous monitoring, that of leak
detection.
You know your tank last for x months but a slow leak underground may not be
noticed until you run out of oil 4 weeks early whereas your HA system would
monitor the falling level and know you werent using any because the heating
hadnt been on therefore it can raise the alarm.
It
could also do that if someone was stealing the oil whilst you were away
from
home. An SMS alert (and possible security webcam confirmation of oil level
dropping at faster than normal useage rates) means you could call the
police and
have the villians possibly caught in the act.
Keith
You're right Keith -
And
I expect you to come up with a diagram to grab the the output from the led
and
sent it HV.
(I
just visited their site - and I publicly retract everything I said in my
first
mail - it is pretty cool - espeicially if like us you're about to buy a new
tank anyway)
Enter into the spirit of things Chris....
It
has to be done because it is a challenge....
not necessarily because it OUGHT or NEEDS to be done
:-)
The constant reading can then be integrated with a real time feed
>from
the lowest price thereby leaving more money for toys. OK, so maybe that is
taking it to extremes!
This HA lark is all about playing with as many toys as
possible.
Keith
We thought about
this last week and figured that this was an example of HA
going too
far.
Our oil tank needs filling aproximately 2 times a year.
y thousand litres of oil last about x months.
So the
easiest way to automate things is to set an alarm on your calendar
to
pop up every x months. Then you go and look at the oil tank to see
if it is
time to order. I figured that if I had a sensor in the tank, I
would still
go and do a visual check anyway before ordering so why
waste the effort to
automate such a rare
event....
>-----Original Message-----
>From: K. C.
Li [mailto:li@xxxxxxx]
>Sent: 28 February 2002 22:46
>To:
ukha_d@xxxxxxx>Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Re: Oil level
monitors
>
>
>On Thu, 28 Feb 2002, steveddickson
wrote:
>
>> trying to canabalise one to interface with
comfort, I think Li was
>> going to add it to hi project list.
The manufacturers wern't
>> interested.
>
>Yes. I
have discussed the subject of adding an electronic feed of
the
>fluid level to HomeVision, Comfort and other systems with the
Technical
>Manager of Sensory Systems. I have a distinct feeling
that he
>didn't like
>the idea at all. He kept saying that
there already is an
>option to add an
>automatic dial-out
module to the device when the level is low.
>However,
it
>dials out to a preprogrammed telephone number that the user
>cannot change.
>
>I suspect cosy arrangements exist
between Sensory Systems and the
>designated oil suppliers for the
automatic dial-out facility. Hence the
>company wasn't keen to allow
other add-ons to break that
arrangement.
>
>Regards,
>
>Kwong
Li
>li@xxxxxxx>Laser Business Systems Ltd.
>http://www.laser.com
>
>
>------------------------
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