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I know this is a old thread but it goes to show you how long I have been researching into this project.

Can this device be used to monitor the water meter?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Diffuse-photoel ... 27d086d9a9

If so, does it require any other parts such as a external power supply? If not, which pins on the GEM will this device be connected to?

Much Thanks

Teken wrote:I know this is a old thread but it goes to show you how long I have been researching into this project.

Can this device be used to monitor the water meter?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Diffuse-photoel ... 27d086d9a9

If so, does it require any other parts such as a external power supply? If not, which pins on the GEM will this device be connected to?

Much Thanks

It should with a little hacking, there's a diagram a page back that shows how to hook it up.

I think it requires an external power supply as per the diagram (N Type).

ben wrote:

Teken wrote:I know this is a old thread but it goes to show you how long I have been researching into this project.

Can this device be used to monitor the water meter?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Diffuse-photoel ... 27d086d9a9

If so, does it require any other parts such as a external power supply? If not, which pins on the GEM will this device be connected to?

Much Thanks

It should with a little hacking, there's a diagram a page back that shows how to hook it up.

I think it requires an external power supply as per the diagram (N Type).

I will purchase one and report back. If it works this will be a great solution to monitor water flow. I will document the project for others to follow thanks for the feed back.

So I'm in the planning stages of installing a whole-house water filter system and am considering adding a water meter (after my utility meter) that I can connect to my GEM. Any reason this guy wouldn't work?

rnoble wrote:So I'm in the planning stages of installing a whole-house water filter system and am considering adding a water meter (after my utility meter) that I can connect to my GEM. Any reason this guy wouldn't work?

the water meters from ekm metering work very well with a GEM. so do their gas meters. fwiw, ekm has been a good vendor for us.

mwall wrote:

rnoble wrote:So I'm in the planning stages of installing a whole-house water filter system and am considering adding a water meter (after my utility meter) that I can connect to my GEM. Any reason this guy wouldn't work?

the water meters from ekm metering work very well with a GEM. so do their gas meters. fwiw, ekm has been a good vendor for us.

Thanks! I got the meter installed (as well as a whole-house water filtering system)... I'm getting pulses and can see the bar graph... Is there anyway to see the cumulative water usage with a DB? I was hoping the meter would help me know when to change my filter cartridges. Is this possible with SEG?

rnoble wrote:

mwall wrote:

rnoble wrote:So I'm in the planning stages of installing a whole-house water filter system and am considering adding a water meter (after my utility meter) that I can connect to my GEM. Any reason this guy wouldn't work?

the water meters from ekm metering work very well with a GEM. so do their gas meters. fwiw, ekm has been a good vendor for us.

Thanks! I got the meter installed (as well as a whole-house water filtering system)... I'm getting pulses and can see the bar graph... Is there anyway to see the cumulative water usage with a DB? I was hoping the meter would help me know when to change my filter cartridges. Is this possible with SEG?

The bar chart for daily/weekly/monthly/year should be cumulative on the DB (assuming you mean DashBox). The line graph will show flow.

Ben

Perfect. Thanks!

I found some good tools in SEG as well.

rnoble wrote:Perfect. Thanks!

I found some good tools in SEG as well.

Ben, could I be missing some modules? I don't have the bar chart module available on my dashbox. Below are my "Installed Modules"

Total Costs for Today
Main Panel Used Power
Line Graph
Day Compare
Watt Columns
kWh Column
Tabular View
Pie Chart
Cost Pie
Hourly Line Graph

rnoble wrote:

rnoble wrote:Perfect. Thanks!

I found some good tools in SEG as well.

Ben, could I be missing some modules? I don't have the bar chart module available on my dashbox. Below are my "Installed Modules"

Total Costs for Today
Main Panel Used Power
Line Graph
Day Compare
Watt Columns
kWh Column
Tabular View
Pie Chart
Cost Pie
Hourly Line Graph

Ahh I meant in the Loads section. Give kWh Column a try.

Ben