Repurposed doorbell cam becomes “boiler cam”

ExTechjunkie

Young grasshopper
Oct 21, 2020
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New York
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I was having difficulty getting my furnace’s inlet and blow off valves dialed in since having rebuilt them after sediment and rust fouled them. I was tired of having to squeeze into a tight space in the basement to check system pressure and the small bucket that catches water from the blow off valve several times a day.

Enter my recently retired my back doorbell (an EZVIZ db1c). I salvaged it and the old doorbell transformer and now I can check the gauge and the bucket remotely as often as I please.

If only I could devise a way for it to alert me when the bucket is full.