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Remote Temperature Monitoring With the


Arduino & SM5100B
OCT, TUE 18TH, 2011 POSTED IN : Experiments, Programming, Technical BY : Matt Tilchen 4 Comments

The Problem
In January of 2010 the hot water heating system of my family’s lake house failed with
catastrophic consequences. Many of the copper pipes in the home froze and burst. By the time
we found out about the problem the damage had been done, and done well. The basement had
several inches of water in it and we were also treated to beautiful ice sculptures such as this one,
formed on our deck.

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Needless to say, once the insurance work was complete and things were as good as new, I did
not want to repeat this again the following winter or any thereafter. The problem is that the home
is roughly an hour away from our primary residence. Driving out to the house every day to check
the temperature is obviously out of the question. But because frozen pipes can occur in as as
little as 24 hours after a heating system failure during frigidly cold Michigan winters, knowing

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