Comment on Show HN: Watering my Christmas tree with ESPHomeparentComments−johnzOP2yMy thoughts exactly on using ESPHome.My familiarity with float switches is limited to boats. Any you would recommend for this application?−invalidator2ySomething like this: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B007CZ6PD2I just noticed that you're using a mains-powered pump, so don't splice its wires directly. Instead, insert the float switch on one of the wires between the QT Py and the relay.−sokoloff2yA condensate safety drain switch is appropriate here.Something like this: https://www.supplyhouse.com/Beckett-Pumps-1502UR-Float-Safet...orhttps://www.supplyhouse.com/Little-Giant-599124-ACS-3-Auxili...−johnzOP2yPerfect. Thank you
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My thoughts exactly on using ESPHome.
My familiarity with float switches is limited to boats. Any you would recommend for this application?
Something like this: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B007CZ6PD2
I just noticed that you're using a mains-powered pump, so don't splice its wires directly. Instead, insert the float switch on one of the wires between the QT Py and the relay.
A condensate safety drain switch is appropriate here.
Something like this: https://www.supplyhouse.com/Beckett-Pumps-1502UR-Float-Safet...
or
https://www.supplyhouse.com/Little-Giant-599124-ACS-3-Auxili...
Perfect. Thank you