Accurate/smart oil sensor? (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 10 months ago by Balakirev@discuss.tchncs.de to c/homeassistant@lemmy.world

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We heat our house with oil (grumble grumble grumble) but our float sensor is not a very accurate measure and it's out of the way to actually see. Has anyone come across a sensor that works with HA and has been reliable? Bonus points for something that still has an "analog" view in case of problem

I've seen some sensors on Amazon but I'm skeptical of anything through there.

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[-] sramder@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago

ESPHome has support for a few sensors that might get the job done… would weighing the tank be an option, or are you looking for something more off-the-shelf?

[-] Balakirev@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 10 months ago

I've seen a few that screw into the float sensor location. But maybe a DIY would be a good path!

[-] sramder@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago

I’ve yet to mess around with any of the liquid level sensing tech, so I don’t have any specific recommendations… but ESPHome has a huge array of different sensor filtering options which should really help. I think sensor noise and settling time are a lot of what complicate the task.

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