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Review on Honeywell RWD80/A1 Water Defense Water Sensing Alarm Extension Cable: Ensure Enhanced Protection with this Effective Accessory by John Koch

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Use with Raspberry Pi/HomeBridge - DIY leak/flood sensor

Seems I'm not the only one with this idea. Viewing the reviews shows several different options for this solution. In my case I have a Raspberry Pi with HomeBridge. Using GPIO 5VDC, GND and I/O pin. I am connected to the YL-38 module. I then convert its control pins to (female) ethernet. If you're familiar with any of the things I just mentioned, you're the target audience for this review. SUPER EASY installation. As. No joke. Insanely easy. The humidity sensor cable uses a 4-wire cable. Middle pair and outer pair. PINOUT cable uses Ethernet connectors and 568B wiring: First pair (1): Switch to GREEN/WHITE and GREEN Pair two (2): Switch to BLUE/WHITE and BLUE Use the adjustment potentiometer on YL-38 to switch set the sensitivity and you're done*. You also need to set up your R Pi. I put two YL-38s in one case (with the same 5V and GND and separate data returns) so I can run two cables to monitor all my overhead.

Pros
  • Quality build
Cons
  • Not everything fits