gaillimh
Newbie level 6
Hi , hope this find you well.
I have a Heating Unit in my Garage that is controlled electronically.
There are multiple Inputs/Outputs that I would like to "piggyback" and monitor.
I *obviously* want to do this safely as Mains Electricity is involved.
Inputs include Temperature of various points in the Boiler and also some form of sensor to detect flame in the Heating element.
Outputs are mains ( via onboard relays ) for Pump Off/On , Feeder Off/ON ( its a wood chip boiler ) etc.
I am the proud owner of an Arduino unit and would love to monitor what goes on i.e. Unit starts and only turns on pump at 50 Degress Celcius. I would like to monitor the data and can use Arduino to log this.
So my issue is *not* how to log the actual outputs to file/remote.
My issue is how to monitor the "on/off" and also temperature feeds from sensors safely. I did think about using a 240v "piggy backing" off the mains outputs to pump/feeder so this would turn on/off as the units would.
So any help would be great! Thanks in advance!
Cheers!
Stephen
I have a Heating Unit in my Garage that is controlled electronically.
There are multiple Inputs/Outputs that I would like to "piggyback" and monitor.
I *obviously* want to do this safely as Mains Electricity is involved.
Inputs include Temperature of various points in the Boiler and also some form of sensor to detect flame in the Heating element.
Outputs are mains ( via onboard relays ) for Pump Off/On , Feeder Off/ON ( its a wood chip boiler ) etc.
I am the proud owner of an Arduino unit and would love to monitor what goes on i.e. Unit starts and only turns on pump at 50 Degress Celcius. I would like to monitor the data and can use Arduino to log this.
So my issue is *not* how to log the actual outputs to file/remote.
My issue is how to monitor the "on/off" and also temperature feeds from sensors safely. I did think about using a 240v "piggy backing" off the mains outputs to pump/feeder so this would turn on/off as the units would.
So any help would be great! Thanks in advance!
Cheers!
Stephen