Sensors for pipes

[Afro69]

It would be great if we could have sensors for pipes. I would like to set up a pressure valve. If I had a sensor that measured the amount of liquid at a certain point in the pipe I could do this.

Perhaps you could just allow us to connect the current hydro sensor. Just let us place it on a pipe so that it measures the amount of liquid that's present in the pipe at that point.

[sadovsf]

For what use? Thinking about burst pipes maybe? But these san be done even now

[Shaymes]

a liquid or gas inside the pipe temperature scanner will become handy

[Gearloose]

+1 for this. Perhaps two types: Level and flow sensors. Level sensors measure how full a segment of pipe is relative to its capacity, and flow sensors measure how fast material is flowing through the pipes. In combination, you could use these to detect when a pipe is blocked (full, no flow) or starved (empty, no flow) or when a consumer is taking more resources than expected (flow above some threshold).

[vovik]

Would be more handy if pressure valves did not allow more liquid to pass through if consumer stopped on the other side.

[Afro69]

On 12/7/2017 at 9:31 AM, sadovsf said:

For what use? Thinking about burst pipes maybe? But these san be done even now

I have a few self contained systems that outputs additional water over time. Atm I am manually checking when the pipes become full so that I can manually let out the excess water. It would be much easier to have a sensor that I can use to make a system that detects when the pipes have gotten full and then automatically releases the excess water. So if you have found a way to do this please let me know.

[TheScaryOne]

 

[Afro69]

On 12/28/2017 at 9:35 AM, TheScaryOne said:

 

Thanks this helps a lot.