{"id":4374,"date":"2026-05-30T09:26:40","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T13:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/increasec.com\/?p=4374"},"modified":"2026-05-30T09:53:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T13:53:32","slug":"water-leak-sensors-are-really-generic-electrical-connectivity-sensors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/increasec.com\/?p=4374","title":{"rendered":"Water leak sensors are really generic electrical connectivity sensors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Water leak sensors are the generic semi-diy, solder-less everything sensor, because they detect electrical connectivity between their 2 contacts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So we could connect a generic pressure sensor to the contacts and put it under the cats litter box or water bowl.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My generic recommendations, Third reality water drop shaped sensor<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">choose zigbee, wifi uses more power, mater is still very finicky, z-wave is popular in UK but gradually losing ground to zigbee<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Choose a sensor that uses standard AAA rechargeable batteries, coin cells are not rechargeable and comparatively expensive<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Choose a sensor with threaded, height adjustable contacts or external contacts on a wire.&nbsp;&nbsp; These will make it easier to connect your sensor wires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Choose a sensor that can have the audible alarm turned off in software.&nbsp; You don&#8217;t need to cut any speaker wires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DIY Home Assistant Seating Detection without Soldering &#8211; nielstron https:\/\/share.google\/9NXTo9ybBH7OrUkgC<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Water leak sensors are the generic semi-diy, solder-less everything sensor, because they detect electrical connectivity between their 2 contacts. So we could connect a generic pressure sensor to the contacts&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[232,222],"class_list":["post-4374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised","tag-diy","tag-home-assistant"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/increasec.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/increasec.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/increasec.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/increasec.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/increasec.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4374"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/increasec.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4374\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4377,"href":"https:\/\/increasec.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4374\/revisions\/4377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/increasec.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/increasec.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/increasec.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}