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What kind of extra monitor can I install to my m1210?

Monitor hot-tub temperature while away? any solutions beyond upgrading my system?

  • Monitor hot-tub temperature while away? any solutions beyond upgrading my system? I have a old hot tub that sometimes malfunctions - I think it would be very useful to have some kind of remote monitoring device to see the current water temperature. I know there are systems out there for this but they are a significant upgrade $$$ to buy / install. Perhaps is there a way to get a waterproof thermometer that has WiFi-connecting properties ect?

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    How about using a regular old digital thermometer and just watch it with a wifi enabled camera. It may not send you alerts but you could check in on it periodically and it would be cheap and easy to implement.

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Look into weather station equipment.

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You could make a monitoring/alerting system with this https://www.sparkfun.com/products/11050?, an http://www.adafruit.com/products/1086, and a computer with a basic script to tweet/email status information. If you already have a computer you can use, it should cost <$50. You could use a http://www.newark.com/jsp/search/productdetail.jsp?sku=43W5302&COM=raspi-group with an ethernet dongle, which would push the cost closer to $125. This http://bildr.org/2011/07/ds18b20-arduino/ should get you most of the way there.

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