Water shut off solenoid on timer
One of the things I worry about when we leave the RV is a water leak. Now I know I could just shut the valve and last year we tried that but we forgot, a lot. I had some free-time to kill. LOL! So her...
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Dutch_12078 wrote:Bumpyroad wrote:4x4van wrote:
Actually, I think it did go over your head, at least a little. Why would he have to hit his switch every 15 minutes? That would only be necessary if he wanted a constant non-stop flow of water all day long.
what if he wants the water to flow for 20 minutes? now you would need to keep hitting the switch all day long whenever you wanted water. seems like rube goldberg had some input into the design.
bumpy
Of course the time delay could be programmed for any value that fit your needs, but it also might be worth making the delay cumulative so multiple button presses would add additional time, possibly with some practical limit. Set the time delay at 15 minutes for instance, and two quick button presses would give you 30 minutes of water. Just a thought...
thats why I love microcontroller projects, so easy to make arbitrary adjustments.
the button could be replaced with a clickable rotary encoder. dial any # you want, push to start counting. push again to reset, shut off, add time, whatever
of course, you can also call that feature creep
