To avoid these ads, REGISTER NOW!

Wifi temperature sensor recommendation needed

Blk88GT

Well-known member
Joined
Mar 16, 2009
Messages
1,078
Location
Manitoba
I would like the ability to remotely monitor and alarm on temperatures in my shop. If the device is able to report humidity, that's a bonus but not a requirement.

What do you folks recommend?

Thanks!

Ian
 
To avoid these ads, REGISTER NOW!

mfs54729

Well-known member
Joined
Nov 5, 2013
Messages
46
Location
NW Wisconsin
Do you have wifi in the shop? I have a Honeywell wifi thermostat (RTH6580). You can set up alerts for too low of temperature and too high. Mine sends me a text message when my shop is too cold. There's also an app for your phone so you can check and set the temperature remotely.

Mark
 

Jayhawk_Aviator

Well-known member
Joined
Jun 2, 2015
Messages
123
Im in the same boat and interested in options. I have a WiFi thermostat but it only goes down to 40. Don’t need a weather station, just something tha can measure temp and connect to WiFi.
 
OP
B

Blk88GT

Well-known member
Joined
Mar 16, 2009
Messages
1,078
Location
Manitoba
I have wifi and wired network access in the shop.... I'd sooner not change out the thermostat but am open to other ideas.
 
To avoid these ads, REGISTER NOW!

510ebl

Well-known member
Joined
Jan 20, 2015
Messages
518
Location
Southern New Jersey
This is not exactly what you are asking for because as far as I know it does not have a temperature alarm function, but I check the thermometer in my "Blink" camera occasionally to see how cold the garage is.

*edit... there is a temperature alarm function in the app.
 
Last edited:

Gotcha640

Well-known member
Joined
Jan 27, 2015
Messages
948
Location
Houston TX
I have a raspberry pi with 5 ds18b20 temperature sensors in the attic. I originally put it all together to see the difference a couple fans made, then I forgot about it, then I didn't feel like going up and pulling it out of the rafters.

It was less than $50, and with a small amount of googling and learning, in less than a day I had it running well enough to pull a list of temps and times out, and see what I wanted to see.

If you spend a bit more time, or are smarter than me, you can have it send alerts or show you a graph or light up a bat signal.

I couldn't find anything on the shelf for less than hundreds of dollars to do what I wanted. 3 years ago.
 
To avoid these ads, REGISTER NOW!
Top Bottom