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geuxor
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I have a few seedlings and small plants that require very little water, just a 3-5 ml a day for some and been doing some research into how to automate the watering for these plants for when im on vacation.
What i want is an indoor water container to give water to these small plants on demand or e.g. every 2 days, and be able to control this depending on how the plants looks by monitoring this from an ip cam and when needed connect through mobile/web and give it a shot of water. I have a synology ds1513+ which will be nice to integrate to this x10 system, and maybe be able to add a humidity sensor to the plant also.
I just started researching for HAS's and not sure exactly what i need but I found a small water pump that will suck water out from a container (max 5Liters) and had a look at this:
http://www.siliconsolar.com/shop/solar-store/solar-fountains -pumps/solar-fountain-pumps/
Not sure what else i can use x10 wise to connect to this and use powerhome software which is quite powerful. Can anyone suggest anything, and maybe even integrated with synology nas ds1513+? We have 230v 50hz in spain
Cheers..:
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syonker
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Either that, or you could use a solenoid with a water reservoir above it, and something like the "low-voltage controller" from Insteon...
http://www.smarthome.com/2450/IOLinc-INSTEON-Low-Voltage-Con tact-Closure-Interface-1-In-1-Out-/p.aspx
Or if you've got a number of plants that require different watering times, you could try out the Irrigation device from them (I use it on my lawn - works wonderfully).
http://www.smarthome.com/31270/Smartenit-INSTEON-8-Zone-Spri nkler-Controller/p.aspx
Wait....just what *kind* of plants are you talking about here? (Just pulling your leg  )
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