I am using this smartwatermeter in domoticz with my brand-new sensus watermeter.
Having some problems ...
in rest sometimes the pulses keep coming, counting hundreds of liters of water per day while it should be zero ...
I allready replaced the powersupply with one that can provide 2A but still issues, the device never seems to pull more than 500mA.
Same problem here. When I just got it, sometimes hundreds of liters too much. Then it settled down and seemed to provide sensible readings.
Now since a week or so it gives readings of tens of thousands of liters per hour.
How is your power supply?
I was informed by the maker that it is critical to have a power supply that delivers 5 V.
I thought I'd be good, since it's on a 6 port, 60W Anker supply that should be good for max 2,4A per port.
However it cuts off above 1A and dips to 3,85V at 500 mA.
The watermeter gets 4,85 V at 70 mA and the Raspberry Pi 2 that runs Domoticz spews numerous undervoltage warnings in dmesg.
That power supply is going back to Amazon.
So your supply might be rated 2A, but does it really deliver 5V at 2A?
It's worth checking.
I tried several dedicated "rated" power suplies with my smartwatermeter ... All had problems and I decided to contact the seller/developer and bought a power supply verified by them 5.2V 2A. That one works as intended but still the values are pretty instable here
I just received my new supply. Tested it and even at 2,4 A it stays above 5 Volts.
The watermeter has only been fed by it for two hours, but so far no erratic readings.
Will report back if it occurs again.
Check that your sensor is placed right and not influenced by electrical noise from other sources.
IMHO, this is not the right way to detect wheel rotation. When wheel stops in certain (bad) position, close to the switch from 0 to 1, it may trigger lot of changes. To do it properly, you must have 2 hall detectors, at 90 degrees giving rotation center, and detect transitions of both sensors. Doing that way, you'll be able to increment and also decrement value, depending on transition.
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Well, even the new multi-amp Anker power supply resulted in erratic readings.
So I bought the power supply the seller recommends and it is working properly now.
I don't see erratic readings because of the wheel stopping in a wrong position.
Menno wrote: ↑Tuesday 21 December 2021 8:50
Well, even the new multi-amp Anker power supply resulted in erratic readings.
So I bought the power supply the seller recommends and it is working properly now.
I don't see erratic readings because of the wheel stopping in a wrong position.
Still no reading problems with your power supply from the seller?
I am also having problems with erratic readings.
When wheel stops under the sensor, the readings continue to come in.
Trying to understand why.....