Remotely Monitor Humidity and Room Temp

[Budwhyser]

For people who live a distance from the farm. Here's something that will give you the ability to monitor your room temps and humidity for less than a $100.

First you need an Acu-Link Internet Bridge for $79 that plugs into your internet router.

http://www.acurite.com/weather/acu-...curite-weather-sensors-ethernet-09150trx.html

Then you need remote sensors that cost $7.50 to send the data back to the link which then forwards it to a web-site or your a smart phone app.

http://www.acurite.com/weather/acu-link-compatible/replacement-sensor-00592txr.html

You can connect up to 3 remote sensors to each Acu-Link Bridge and monitor your rooms either on the internet or with their smart phone app. And they make an app for the iphone and android devices

http://www.acurite.com/acu-link

Just a cool effective way to make sure your temps and humidity are inline while your at your day job!

 

[mpd]

K+ on that, Bud. I might just put a remote sensor in my stealth growbox to tell me if temperatures get out of range as that would indicate a fan failure. Then again, I put a brand new fan in the box after the old one failed and my crop was cooked to a crisp.

Have to think on that one.

 

[Budwhyser]

Cool thing with these is you setup temp and humidity alerts to notify you by email or alert your smart phone if something runs amuck.

 

[Kit Kat]

Have you used these much? I ask mainly because I switched from Acu-Rite sensors to Oregon Scientific because I was having a devil of a time getting them to reliably report to the main base station. Seemed they'd lose connection, and nothing I did (resetting, swapping batteries, etc) would bring them back online until they felt like it.

Seriously love the idea and package though... this would be really nice to have.

 

[Budwhyser]

Just got them so far so good. 5 min setup. Instant connection to network

 

[mpd]

That sounds good, in as far as it goes... KMP, Budwyser.

 

[Fresh Start]

Thank You for Posting this. I might end up getting these but I'm also trying to figure out if I can just upgrade an a/c thermostat for wifi alerts like these do.