However if you have an older power meter without a pulse output then you might be able to use one of the options below to sense your water consumption.
Arduino pulse counter water meter.
A log of all water meter activity is saved on the sd card.
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Use the tcrt5000 ir barrier line track sensor.
Many meters have pulse outputs examples include.
It emits an infrared light and detects the reflection.
The kal d06 series digital pulse counter adds a remote digital display with reset to any mechanical water meter with pulse output.
Single phase and three phase electrical energy meters gas meters water meters.
In some cases newer water meters are equipped with a pulse output.
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Digital pin 3 of arduino is configured as interrupt pin.
In the case of an electricity meter a pulse output corresponds to a defined amount of energy passing through the meter kwh.
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In the above circuit i attached the pulse output pin of flow sensor to arduino digital pin 3.
Flow sensor is powered with an external 9 volt battery.
Water flow meter which i used in the project is from aliexpress.
The ethernet connection is used to answer a handful of basic http requests.
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