Just curious how you ended up on this one. Not second guessing, just seeing Amazon presenting a number of them and it's like all of them are out in nomads-land as far as reviews & track record.
Yes, there are many very similar sensors. Frankly I did not do a dip research. This one is simple met all my requirements:
- easy mountable to the bottle;
- easy adjustable sensitivity;
- open drain NPN output;
- 12V DC power;
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Yep I used them for a pre-filter before my whole home humidifier and they shipped it very quickly to me. Really good people.
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Thanks for your help, I have it almost all wired up. The sensor- I can’t get it to read into Hubitat. I have the same sensor as you.
Blue — Ground
Yellow — S1 on Zen 17
Brown — Power
Black right now goes to nothing.
In Hubitat I have contact sensor selected. Any ideas? Note that if I tell Hubitat to trigger Relay 1 in the selection, the sensor will trigger. I also tried adjusting the sensitivity.
To make sure ZEN17 is configured correctly simply short S1-C terminals with piece of wire (for this test sensor must be disconnected). If everything is OK ZEN17, Sensor-1 should report "closed" when S1-C terminals are shorted with a wire and "open" when wire is removed. Try this few times and make sure ZEN17 is reporting status correctly. Relay control must be independent from sensor status. If this is not case carefully recheck ZEN17 configuration.
Sensor sensitivity shoud be adjusted before it connected to the ZEN17. Sensor has a Status LED with is On (if I am right) when liquid is detected. For the calibration fill in bottle about half, slowly move sensor up and down, watch LED and make sure it reliably detects water line. You may need to adjust sensitivity by turning potentiometer with small screwdriver.
Once ZEN17 and Sensor configured and tested separately connect Sensor back to ZEN17 and everything should work as expected.
Controling pump with Relay should not be a problem at all.
So basically put a wire in the S1 and C terminal? I have the negative wires from your photo all running to a push type wire connector (example: Dicio 75pcs Wire connectors Nuts Push-in terminals UL Listed Quick Connect connectors kit Low Voltage Wire Electrical connectors for Wiring 2 3 4 Port 4 Gauge Connectors Assortment Kit 24-14 AWG: Amazon.com: Industrial & Scientific). Then out of that it goes to the two C terminals and negative terminal on the Zen 17. Maybe I need to split that up.
This is TEST ONLY for testing ZEN17 configuration. You have to make sure ZEN17 is configured correctly and responding as it should. My suggestion was to configure and test ZEN17 and Sensor separately. Connect them together only after both are tested positive.
Thanks. I ended up resetting the Zen17 and it worked.
Got it all set up today, thank you. I need to find some smaller connectors for the pump. I have a whole home humidifier and AC which use different drains so I ran two lines. I had to install shut-offs on each line and partially shut them off for it to feed to both spots. I slid the "pipe cleaner" into the condensate trap to keep the tubing in there. I'm going to install a smart button to run it for an extended period once a month for now so that I'm checking for leaks, seeing how much vinegar I go through, etc. Thanks again for all your help, it turned out great!
Congratulations! I am always very happy to help if I can.
If it is me, I will install two peristaltic pumps, one for each drain line but sure, sourced from the same bottle. Gladly ZEN17 has two Relays. This way you can individually precisely control fluid dispassion for each line. Should not be a big deal to add a second pump.
My rule has this option built-in (just set it and forget it).
On a dally basis the dissension as about 4mL and once a month 150ml.
Yeah I was just down there and doing some more testing. Sometimes it has pressure to both and sometimes it doesn't. I think your way it the right way, just get a second pump. Thanks again!
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Update- hooked up the second pump today, works way better. I did find out you can't run both pumps at the same time 
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The good news is - you don't have to. But this is somewhat expected. Tubes are the same small size all the way. For 2 pumps running simultaneously the fluid velocity before pumps must be twice higher but tube is not capable to do this.
I forgot to mention, you should program ZEN17 Relays for Auto Off. This is for protection against potential rule failure (rule turns pump On but fails to turn it Off, auto off will take care).
I actually ran two tubes into the vinegar to keep it fully separate. How do you program it for auto off? I don’t see that option in any of settings.
Unless PS is not capable to handle two motors simultaneously it should not be a problem with completely separate tubing.
I am using advanced ZEN17 Driver designed by Jeff (jtp10181) it is available from HPM (Habitat Package Manager).
And just in case here is RM rule:
Rule reprograms Auto Off time for Daily/Monthly timeouts and also turns Off pump
(double protection).
Genius, thank you. I will have to get the upgraded driver to do that. Thanks again for your help. Bonus I got to learn how to set a token yesterday, which will help in future automations.
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