<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Monitor a irrigation status]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">Hi</p>
<p dir="auto">I have a hunter irrigation controller. I was thinking of building a binaryswitch as per the example with four switches to monitor the status of the valves. ie on/off.</p>
<p dir="auto">The valves operate on 24v would this be posible without damaging the promini</p>
]]></description><link>https://forum.mysensors.org/topic/2557/monitor-a-irrigation-status</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 08:27:51 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://forum.mysensors.org/topic/2557.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2015 08:48:20 GMT</pubDate><ttl>60</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Monitor a irrigation status on Fri, 11 Dec 2015 16:45:50 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">Yes - but you have to protect the arduino from that high voltage.  Best way is with a small optocoupler chip (I use <a href="http://www.aliexpress.com/item/50pcs-Pack-PC817-EL817-817-DIP-Optocoupler-Electronic-Accessories-Free-Shipping/32373879903.html?spm=2114.031010208.3.2.5ItNTJ&amp;ws_ab_test=searchweb201556_1_79_78_77_82_80_62_61,searchweb201644_0,searchweb201560_4" rel="nofollow ugc">EL817 chips</a> which you can get for practically nothing).  There is an excellent explanation in the first answer <a href="http://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/73857/detect-car-12v-using-arduino" rel="nofollow ugc">on this post on stackExchange</a>.  You may have to adjust the resistors because of the higher voltage.  I've included the schematic below (it's a good idea to read the answer though).<img src="/uploads/files/1449852329528-lp5m2.png" alt="lp5m2.png" class=" img-fluid img-markdown" /></p>
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