Noobie Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 I recently had a leak in the mains water supply pipe between the council water meter and my home which resulted in my water bill being 10 times more than what it usually is. The leak was only visible once the ground around the leak was fully saturated and the paving started showing sign of standing water. Insurance doesnt cover for this and council is within their rights to charge me for the consumption because the leaking pipe is after their meter. I was wondering if there was some sort of GSM water meter on the market that would notify me if my consumption went above a pre determined set point or if there was consumption outside of pre determined hours. Any advice/assistance would be greatly appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P1000 Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 This is the closest I could find: https://www.kamstrup.com/en-en/water-solutions/smart-water-meters/multical-21 I'm sure something better must exist - this one does not connect directly to anything that I have, so additional hardware would be required. Noobie and Energy-Jason 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arandoza Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 (edited) Takealot has this one. Found it a while back. you can also check out their website but they only sell via Takealot or maybe their own site. https://www.takealot.com/gaugeit-hourly-ultrasonic-smart-water-measuring-and-monitoring-d/PLID70582043 Edited October 22, 2021 by Arandoza P1000 and Noobie 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arandoza Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 also this one maybe interesting but wont do a shutoff. Which one could manually do via a Sonoff? and a water shutoff solenoid? https://www.nanoview.co.za/ Noobie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sc00bs Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 Some volumetric water meters have a magnetic pulse that allows for the flow to be read. Need to check if your meter has a point to put the sensor on. https://assuredautomation.com/pulse-output-water-meters/ Uou can then use ESPHome with a NodeMCU to count the pulses for you. https://esphome.io/components/sensor/pulse_meter.html?highlight=meter Noobie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sc00bs Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 Otherwise some guys are doing it with a small camera and a microprocessor https://github.com/nohn/watermeter Noobie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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