Smarten up your garden with Sonoff SWV

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@czi2011 Ай бұрын

thank you for your video. Driven by 3 defect smart valves from GiEX and your presentation here I was inspired to order one sample of Sonoff‘s SMV at Ali. My first test was without batteries to find out which type of valve is included. It turned out that it is a NO-valve (normally open). In my opinion this is a beginners design flaw. If the batteries are too low on energy they are likely not to provide enough power to close the valve after watering. If we are traveling our water tank runs empty while the garden is flooded. We had this experience already with another cheaper ball valve. Well…… just take this in consideration. Meanwhile I monitor the water pump with a smart plug and we get alerted with a critical notification if the pump works longer than 2 minutes in such a situation. Then we can remotely use the smart plug as a kill switch for the pump. thank you again and keep up the good work.

@donaldhoudek2889 4 ай бұрын

LOL, I just installed new PVC lines from my wife's garden to the rain barrels where I have a High output garden pump in one. I used a spare Sonoff"Mini Smart Light Switch" that has the 120VAC and pump wired into it and a "Flow" sensor. Works good! This would be so much easier both hardware and programming. I guess I need to re-do this again. My wife thinks I am crazy.... she's probably correct. I finished wiring this in yesterday. Great Video!

@BeardedTinker 4 ай бұрын

I know the feeling. How many times I've finished something than next day better way to do it just pops up somewhere :) But if this works, keep it and enjoy fruit of your labour!!!

@donaldhoudek2889 4 ай бұрын

@@BeardedTinker Nope, I still need to connect the flow sensor to a Pico W and get the data back to HA. After I got off your video, about 30 seconds went by and I got on line and ordered one. Getting lazy, all my 38 HA devices are ZigBee so it was a no brain er for me. Thanks

@BeardedTinker 4 ай бұрын

Looking forward to hear how it all works together - BTW not sure if you've seen HA Smart Irrigation component, it may be of a use to you.

@donaldhoudek2889 4 ай бұрын

@@BeardedTinker Thanks, I just looked at it and it looks interesting. Will have to dig deeper into the program.

@smartercircuits 4 ай бұрын

Another wonderful video, my bearded compadre! I recently set up an irrigation timer both out of the box and assembled from individual parts and I have to say, this device would be admittedly cheaper (if you already have the hub for it). Also, mine does not meter the water--a challenge I may tackle later because that's a really useful feature. That's a pretty neat little water valve. I'd like to add a little "inside" info about these devices in general in case anyone is thinking of different use cases: If you want to use this on a rain barrel or other water source with no pressure, you would need to add a significantly powerful water pump capable of holding the water pressure high. The valves used in these sort of devices are diaphragm valves which require water pressure to operate--usually a minimum of 7-10 PSI (0.5-0.7 Bar) and nominally ~50 PSI (3-3.5 Bar). There are electronic ball valves for that sort of use, but I've not seen any smart ones, so you'd have to improvise a bit if you wanted to go that route. Just thought I'd drop a little something to contribute to the conversation. It's always a pleasure seeing what you're getting into. Thanks for the video!

@BeardedTinker 4 ай бұрын

Thank you!!! Watched your video and really liking what you did - you wanted on zone and ended up with 3 zones total. BTW - while I'm also clueless about adding BLE devices that are not supported, did try it once and actually it was not that hard - of course, you have no use for it now, but with the help of guide I had at that time, it was possible to follow steps and have basic operation. Unless data is encrypted, but I seriously doubt that they would do that with this type of device.

@smartercircuits 4 ай бұрын

@@BeardedTinker I appreciate that very much! I may tackle the BLE thing again when I come back and do the moisture and rain sensors. Good to know it's a possibility. I may end up with a Zigbee hub after all, though. I got a super secret care package that I'll be revealing in the next few weeks. Thanks again for all your support and kind words!

@toly11041982 2 ай бұрын

Great video as usual !!!🤗

@BeardedTinker 2 ай бұрын

Thank you 🤗

@jellyjenn12291 27 күн бұрын

I would love a video on how to write more complex automation for watering the lawn. Based on the weather, how much rain we got/expected to get and the temperature

@jpcastro2243 3 ай бұрын

Olá amigo obrigado pelo conteúdo. Comprei a válvula para poder controlar o fluxo em uma torneira. Minha ideia seria permitir que utilizassem apenas 40 litros de agua quente e renovar de uma em uma hora. Porem se gastar apenas 35 litros, a válvula fica a espera que chegue aos gastos de 40 litros mesmo apos passarem 3 horas em vez de renovar de uma em uma hora. Resumindo, qual seria a programação para colocar a válvula a renovar 40 litros de uma em uma hora? obrigado

@vlandsman 20 күн бұрын

Hi great review, I wanna use it for irrigation connected to the barrel with rain water. I read the documentation, it needs 0.06Mpa, but will it work with lower pressure or detect shortage?

@mrmarkom 4 ай бұрын

Great info. It would be interesting to see how it works paired with some more complex integration for HA such as HAsmartirrigation or simlar to automate garden watering .

@BeardedTinker 4 ай бұрын

I've looked at HA Smart Irrigation component and it shouldn't be the problem. But we would still need to create automation to be able to use data from SIrrigation component for watering everything.

@adfjasjhf 4 ай бұрын

Not related to the video however I recently found a video "Apple Air Tags in Home Assistant - Proxmox Guide 2024" which allows you to see the Airtag location directly in HomeAssistant although it is in German. Would love to see an English video about it but of course I do not know if you have iPhone/iPad with Airtag to make it happen :)

@BeardedTinker 4 ай бұрын

Have iPhone but not Airtag... :) But that didn't stop me in past :) Will try to get one.

@adfjasjhf 4 ай бұрын

@@BeardedTinker Awesome! Looking forward to it :)

@billkendall7464 3 ай бұрын

The SWV-NH appears to have a maximum oON time of 30 minutes. After that it turns it's self OFF. Automations will not extend this time unless you repeadedly turn it ON again.

@BeardedTinker 3 ай бұрын

Did you try and change On_Timer? I haven't tested it with such long interval. But that one should control how long in seconds it will stay on.

@ramicomail 2 ай бұрын

Can not adjust the time of the irrigation start and end time on ewelink app, can you help?

@tedev 4 ай бұрын

ordered one today as well. i hope that we see all the options in ZHA soon

@BeardedTinker 4 ай бұрын

My guess is very soon - it usually takes few weeks for someone to push custom quirks for new devices.

@Tekwyzard 4 ай бұрын

@@BeardedTinker When Lidl back in the day (early pandemic) briefly and spectacularly brought out their still amazing range of zigbee smart home stuff, one of them was a watering valve. It was ages, at least a year I think, before ZHA eventually exposed everything useful to control them. At first the things had to be retriggered every 58 seconds, which was devastating for the battery life, as there was no way to otherwise defeat the built in timer which defaulted to 1 minute. Now you can just move a number input slider to set the duration, open it, and it closes itself after the duration you set, seems simple but it took so long to happen. I liked it that much, even from before the extra functionality happened, that last year I hunted two more down, one to use, one a spare, as they're pure unobtanium now, they weren't new, but I don't care. I genuinely don't know why ZHA is so slow at getting proper functionality, I even considering migrating to Z2M because of it, and may still do. If they're cheap enough in rip-off Britain, it looks like the Sonoff SWV might be a serious contender, as I've never liked any of the alternatives to my now trusted Lidl specials.

@BeardedTinker 4 ай бұрын

If I remember correctly they were rebranded Tuya devices. My personal favourite is Z2M - but I do get what people go for ZHA, it's easier to setup and maybe even use. But it does come with a price.

@jospa6880 4 ай бұрын

Always great content! Quick question, what is the name of sunrise / sunset card you have on the dashboard?

@BeardedTinker 4 ай бұрын

Thank you! That's HACS horizon-card - I did video on it some time ago.

@Aurelian0610 3 ай бұрын

Any idea as well if and how to setup Z2Mqtt with HA Yellow as apparently that does not work

@adfjasjhf 4 ай бұрын

Awesome explanation video, might think about buying one :)

@BeardedTinker 4 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it - thanks for the comment!!!!

@Aurelian0610 3 ай бұрын

Any idea if this is different from TS0601 or known as Giex GX02, that is found on the internet as they look identical except the colors. If it is same then it sucks as it is not at all reliable. if this has something else inside and it is more reliable then it would be worth to try .

@csocsika1700 2 ай бұрын

I'm Just about to order one of this device but, does it measure water consumption in HA?

@LucodeHome 4 ай бұрын

Looks quite similar to the GiEX TS0601 valve. I guess it manufactured by the same company. But it seems sonoff has a much better firmware.

@BeardedTinker 4 ай бұрын

GiEX - that's Tuya device right? It should be very similar.

@Aurelian0610 4 ай бұрын

i hope it is better than that one as i have 3 of those and they suck , most of the time not working

@LucodeHome 4 ай бұрын

@@Aurelian0610 you need to upgrade the firmware with their Tuya gateway. I had those issues too, now they are gone.

@Chrikajati 4 ай бұрын

Very interesting video - thanks for that! I‘d love to see, how you would control this based on weather forecast.

@CliffordFullerton 4 ай бұрын

I have two different Zigbee Smart Water Valves (sorry, Sonoff - too late this time). Unfortunately, water measurement seems way off with those devices. I assume they only measure the time the valve is open and multiply that with a "possible" water throughput, regardless of how far the faucet is actually opened. Oh, well. More important is the reliablity, as I don't want to unintendedly flood my precious plants.

@carlosroldao 4 ай бұрын

I have no garden but I wonder if this could be used in a dishwasher/washing machine paired with a water leak sensor just to shut off the water if a leak happens. That would be interesting

@BeardedTinker 4 ай бұрын

It could. But also, there is already ready-made device for that from IKEA. Still not available worldwide, but it is designed just for those machines and they work in such a way that they stop water flowing to those machined after specific time.

@carlosroldao 4 ай бұрын

@@BeardedTinker oh, I didn't know! That's great, thanks! I'll look it up.

@prakash86anish 4 ай бұрын

I have municipal water supply which comes for ~2 hours everyday. Is it possible to use this device on the main water line with valve always open and get notified whenever there's water supply (depending upon 'current status')? Or does such a device exist?

@dumpsterdiner 4 ай бұрын

I hate my wifi valves 😮‍💨 Will give one of these a try and see if it works out better. It's so hot 🥵, I'll be watering non-stop pretty soon and just leave the valve open forever and not even need a smart valve 😓

@BeardedTinker 4 ай бұрын

I know the feeling. I use around 15-16l from my AC daily to just water plants on my balcony :D

@Aurelian0610 4 ай бұрын

this thing works directly with HA ? with SHA from the box ? or it works only with Z2Mqtt ? as so far i cannot have it working with my HA yellow

@dominicfindlay 4 ай бұрын

@Aurelian0610 I think you can use either, but you currently won't get the extra features with ZHA. Saying that, I haven't got the extra features to work with my HA via z2mqtt

@simon0a0aubry 3 ай бұрын

thx for sharing

@BeardedTinker 3 ай бұрын

My pleasure

@drumslapper 4 ай бұрын

just in time, ordered one.

@BeardedTinker 4 ай бұрын

Hope you'll be satisfied with it!!!

@drumslapper 4 ай бұрын

@@BeardedTinker I'll be using it as a main feed control as I already have two automated zones on timers. That way if it's raining, I can delay the watering. I wish there were more entities under ZHA.

@drumslapper 4 ай бұрын

Received and installed running under ZHA. Unfortunately pressing the button on the valve does not send feedback to ZHA. There needs to be a state entity Sonoff. Maybe I'm missing some knowledge here?

@puppet-head 4 ай бұрын

I could do either one of these, but it looks like its only available on their US shop.

@BeardedTinker 4 ай бұрын

Just checked and it's available in their shop (that's not US shop) snd also all Amazon Sonoff shops (checked US, DE, UK) - but price on Amazon is much higher.