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🔌General Home Automation => Automating Your House => User Modified Devices => Topic started by: BoyntonStu on January 18, 2011, 12:54:23 AM

Title: Wiring a KR10 as a leak detector transmitter.
Post by: BoyntonStu on January 18, 2011, 12:54:23 AM

I would like to have an external switch in parallel with the ON/OFF push button.

When water is detected using my leak detector, the switch closes and the KR10 acts as if the button was pressed.

I wonder if anyone has wired a KR10 this way?

Title: Re: Wiring a KR10 as a leak detector transmitter.
Post by: Brian H on January 18, 2011, 09:29:45 AM

The KR10A like the DS10A question in your other post. Is a Security Type Remote. I don't believe it will work with normal X10 devices.
I am not sure if the All Lights On and Off buttons. Send a true X10 On and Off to the address set on the console or if the console translates a command to standard X10 control.

The KR22A four button and KR19A two button. Key chain remotes do standard X10.

Title: Re: Wiring a KR10 as a leak detector transmitter.
Post by: HA Dave on January 18, 2011, 01:35:08 PM

There is a bunch of stuff written on using DS10A's for water detection. I've read a lot at the cocoontech.com Site (http://www.cocoontech.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=15489&st=0&p=130910&hl=ds10a%20water%20detection&fromsearch=1&#entry130910). Some nice stuff here at this forum (http://forums.x10.com/index.php?topic=12763.msg90383;topicseen#msg90383) as well.

The cheap store bought siren units (http://www.harborfreight.com/water-leak-detector-98461.html) can normally be connected to a powerflash (http://www.x10.com/security/pf284_s.html) (regular X10) module as well.