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    Hi guys, Im looking for something pretty simple, I have a boat that has a optus 4G wifi router installed, it is on 24/7 and I use it to monitor a stand alone wifi camera. I am wanting to add simple alarm that tells me when a float switch in the bilge has been activated, something that will connect to my existing 4G wifi router and sends me a notification that the float switch had been activated, anyone got any ideas?

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    Hi,

    I am not a boat person so not sure what a float switch is. But if its a simple switch a resistor an be put across it and you can use any type of alarm with a remote mobile app to tell if the contact is open or closed, creating an alarm therefore, sending an alert to your phone.

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    A little Raspberry Pie or Adrino should do it....
    Yet knowing how bad our own Bildge pump float switches are, I'd prefer a second camera with IR in the Bildge
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    As you already got a ir camera and the float switch if you put a ir led across the pump with about a 2k resister in series and place it in the field of view of the camera it will be seen by the camera as a bright lite and activate the router so you dont need any fancy electronics for it don , ask unkie fester for a circuit he will draw one up in to sec flat im sure Hahaha

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    There are loads of WIfi prebuilt boards on flea bay that could be hooked up. Could also use a Wifi shield board on arduino or get a version with the wifi built in.

    If the float switches are not reliable, I'd just use a couple of metal plates as a level indicator and hook them to the gate of a mosfet. liquid comes up to the level of the plates, mosfet switches, easy. You can turn these things on and off by touching the gate pin with your finger. A couple of plates close spaced with a liquid completing the circuit would be plenty enough to switch them. Standard bleed resistor to stop any false indications between the gate and the drain and you are there.

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    If u want to go on an expedition get a Land Rover, if u want to come home from an expedition get a Landcruiser!

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    Thumbs down yep

    That sort of shit causes boats to sink because people rely on it ringing their phones but the salt atmosphere soon makes the thoroughly un reliable

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