[OZAPRS] Flood Sensor -> APRS

[Steve]

Ooh, that waterwheel idea sounds good Andrew.
Hook up a small generating device (such as the 
rectified/filtered/regulated output from a stepper motor), and get it to 
directly power the device that is going to warn you of the flooded creek.
Maybe a small 434MHz data TX module. Some have quite some range, and can 
be modulated with audio. Received on a scanner, etc.
You wouldn't need any batteries to worry about.

Steve.


On 01/02/2010 12:28 PM, Andrew Errington wrote:
> On Sat, January 2, 2010 10:10, James Cameron wrote:
>    
>> Has anyone got an easy and reliable way to sense a flood?
>>      
> Webcam
> Football on a rope, tied to a sprung switch
> Toilet cistern ballcock and switch
> Tennis ball in a vertical pipe
> Ultrasonic distance gauge on a pole, pointing down
> Waterwheel
> Call your friend upstream
> Hook into 'official' sensor network
>
> These are just ideas.  I've never tried them.  I am not sure which ones I
> would class as easy, or reliable.
>
> 73,
>
> Andrew
> ZL3AME
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