trayson
01-07-2018, 09:55 PM
I like to have fun with smart home stuff. I've got my kitchen/familyroom/master-bedroom lights on smart switches, as well as my switch for my gas fireplace. I have a wifi thermostat and have my 2 garage door openers integrated into my smarthome and a sensor in the master bedroom to tell me if the garage doors are open. This year I put my outdoor christmas lights and the christmas tree on smart switches and setup time schedules on the app to tell them when to turn off/on. I can also voice control most all my devices with the various google home devices (we have 4 of them, LOL). So I figured that it'd be fun to add some smarthome integration to my boat's winterization.
I bought a Sonoff Wifi Smart temperature/humidity switch off Amazon for $30 and then bought a 3 prong extension cord for $5 that I cut in two pieces to wire up the input and output of the switch.
https://i.imgur.com/RdmQumC.jpg
I finally got it all wired up and paired with the app today. I typically run a few fans under my boat cover and I just left them powered up and running. I also put a desk lamp with a 65 watt incandescent bulb in the boat to generate some heat. I setup the smart switch so that it turns on the light if the temp gets below 37 degrees, and it shuts off the light if the temp is above 46 degrees. I can have it send me alerts when the switch turns on and off. I can also look at the app at any given time and see the temp and humidity in my boat.
So, for $35, it's a fun little gadget that I can use to monitor what's going on with my boat.
https://i.imgur.com/mCSrLXb.png
I also made my own "damp rid" for my boat's winterization. The main ingredient in Damp Rid and Dry-z-air is Calcuim Chloride. That's also what they use for Ice Melt that you'd sprinkle on driveways and sidewalks. It's a lot cheaper to buy it in this form. I made a couple of my own catch containers by slicing the top off a 1 gallon jug and putting a bunch of slits in the inverted cone that's holding the calcuim chloride. Worked great last winter. You can see one of the jugs I made in the top picture.
https://i.imgur.com/ck3NHik.jpg
I bought a Sonoff Wifi Smart temperature/humidity switch off Amazon for $30 and then bought a 3 prong extension cord for $5 that I cut in two pieces to wire up the input and output of the switch.
https://i.imgur.com/RdmQumC.jpg
I finally got it all wired up and paired with the app today. I typically run a few fans under my boat cover and I just left them powered up and running. I also put a desk lamp with a 65 watt incandescent bulb in the boat to generate some heat. I setup the smart switch so that it turns on the light if the temp gets below 37 degrees, and it shuts off the light if the temp is above 46 degrees. I can have it send me alerts when the switch turns on and off. I can also look at the app at any given time and see the temp and humidity in my boat.
So, for $35, it's a fun little gadget that I can use to monitor what's going on with my boat.
https://i.imgur.com/mCSrLXb.png
I also made my own "damp rid" for my boat's winterization. The main ingredient in Damp Rid and Dry-z-air is Calcuim Chloride. That's also what they use for Ice Melt that you'd sprinkle on driveways and sidewalks. It's a lot cheaper to buy it in this form. I made a couple of my own catch containers by slicing the top off a 1 gallon jug and putting a bunch of slits in the inverted cone that's holding the calcuim chloride. Worked great last winter. You can see one of the jugs I made in the top picture.
https://i.imgur.com/ck3NHik.jpg