I have 1.5" plumbing and would like to automate and make a cool IOT controller/monitor system. Not looking to spend $550 bucks for a flow meter though!
Preferably GPM, but if I can't do that on the cheap go/no go wouldn't be a bad signal to have.Are you looking to monitor GPM, or just flow/no-flow?
My concern with many of these style is that it will be too restrictive with the turbine inline.Something like this might work.
GREDIA G1-1/2" 1.5" Water Flow Sensor Food-Grade Switch Hall Effect Flowmeter Fluid Meter Counter 5-150L/min Amazon.com
A quick search turns up lots of options.
I like the idea of seeing how much volume I'm moving for turnover and other nerdy stuff.What are you trying to accomplish by measuring water volume? Just curious...
Turnover is a junk stat. If the industry picks a high enough number, they were right for every pool in the land.turnover
I've even thought about this with a camera system that will read the reading for me. LOLConsider the FlowVis. Its not digital, so you have to read it yourself. Around $200.
I have one. Made a chart of flow rate, voltage, and RPM's used. Its more than paid for it self in energy savings.
The system already tells you in RPMs. With the flow meter you then need to math GPM back to RPM if you don't have a VSF pump that tells you.Just be nice to know how much to kind of get an idea of how to tune the system in a way.
Intelliflow VSF will tell you flow and you get a fantastic pump.I have 1.5" plumbing and would like to automate and make a cool IOT controller/monitor system. Not looking to spend $550 bucks for a flow meter though!
Dang, them puppies ain't cheap!Intelliflow VSF will tell you flow and you get a fantastic pump.
Yeah, that could be an issue... I barely got 12" of pipe at any given spot on this contraption... they did not lay this out the best for working on any particular part. LOLI was looking into options for flow monitoring recently because I was interested in measuring the efficiency of my heatpump with Heat Pump Monitoring — OpenEnergyMonitor 0.0.1 documentation (Level 3).
I've not gone ahead but the best option I've found without getting a pump providing flow speeds is a non-invasive ultrasonic flow meter like "TUF-2000M" https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005003995961461.html (various people sell them, no idea if this seller is any good) which you can find for ~$190. The ultrasonic sensors get clamped onto the outside of the pipe, the instructions do call for 30x the pipe diameter spacing from the pump to the sensors on a straight run which might be awkward (45" on 1.5" pipe)
No sir. They're certainly not. They're one of the gold standards though, so the 'buy once, cry once' mentality has merit here.Dang, them puppies ain't cheap!
Intelliflow VSF will tell you flow and you get a fantastic pump.