Reply to: Bathtub water level alarm

[TimberWolf]

Anyone else not had a bath in years?

I like the ballcock idea. You could use the one from the toilet on a bigger lever as long as you also take the water supply from the toilet.

[vetran]

Nova-flo

[Clippy]

KUATB

That looks perfect for SY01 to attach to his bed.

[OwlHoot]

Why not rig up some sort of ballcock contraption? ...

Oh I already have them, They're handy for alerting me if the water is too hot when I get in

[doodab]

Why not rig up some sort of ballcock contraption?

You can get buzzers from Rapid or farnell, rs etc. Probably maplins too if you want it today and have one nearby.

[NickFitz]

Here's another: Flooding Sensor Alarm - Alzheimer's & Dementia Products Ltd

[SimonMac]

KUATB

[Clippy]

Trust you to spoil the fun.

[SueEllen]

You mean summat like this.

Trust you to spoil the fun.

[Clippy]

You mean summat like this.

[PAH]

Use a vertical bath, otherwise known as a shower.

[hyperD]

Get a megaflo system - that way the bath can fill up supersonically in about 30 seconds.

Or get a smaller bath.

[MarillionFan]

Limited market appeal.

You are better of flogging it to Lakeland.

I don't know. Maybe he could do something hooked up to the mains.

Shocking!

[SueEllen]

Who knows, next year I could be on Dragon's Den, trying to flog a patent bath level detector.

Limited market appeal.

You are better of flogging it to Lakeland.

[MarillionFan]

Meaning to run an average bath, I've yet again let it fill to the brim.

So what I need is: a pair of wires, a battery, and a buzzer. So I can hook a simple contraption over the side with the wires pointing downward and ending at the desired water level, and when the water reaches that level the buzzer sounds. Real cutting-edge physics this. (Even better would be a motor that could then automatically turn off the tap!)

Any ideas where to buy hobbyist type items like this? Obviously I can buy the wire and batteries anywhere, and perhaps the buzzer wouldn't be too hard (I could perhaps extract one from a cheap smoke detector for example.) But perusing a good web site might give me other ideas.

Who knows, next year I could be on Dragon's Den, trying to flog a patent bath level detector.

Or a stopwatch with an alarm.