# Lightning detector **URL:** \ **Category:** Ideas & Suggestions\ **Created:** [March 9, 2020, 12:50pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/lightning-detector/26916 "2020-03-09T12:50:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BliXem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47774/32.png) [@BliXem](https://community.homey.app/u/BliXem)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2020, 12:50pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/lightning-detector/26916/1 "2020-03-09T12:50:49Z")
I don’t see this any on this forum, but it would be great if someone can create a lightning detector app, like: if close, send push “Thunder in the area”. Based on these maps: [http://nl.blitzortung.org/live\_lightning\_maps.php?map=16](http://nl.blitzortung.org/live_lightning_maps.php?map=16) or: [https://www.lightningmaps.org/](https://www.lightningmaps.org/) ---
**Author:** ![robertklep](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/robertklep/32/160628_2.png) [@robertklep](https://community.homey.app/u/robertklep)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2020, 1:16pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/lightning-detector/26916/2 "2020-03-09T13:16:56Z")
The [Blitzortung.org](http://Blitzortung.org) site seems to forbid its data for use with something like Homey: [http://en.blitzortung.org/contact.php#contribution\_7](http://en.blitzortung.org/contact.php#contribution_7) [Lightningmaps.org](http://Lightningmaps.org) uses the same data. ---
**Author:** ![BliXem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47774/32.png) [@BliXem](https://community.homey.app/u/BliXem)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2020, 1:20pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/lightning-detector/26916/3 "2020-03-09T13:20:58Z")
Thanks for your reply. That’s to bad :(. Update: [https://www.buienradar.nl/nederland/neerslag/onweerradar-live](https://www.buienradar.nl/nederland/neerslag/onweerradar-live) maybe? ---
**Author:** ![Kongedam](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/kongedam/32/35807_2.png) [@Kongedam](https://community.homey.app/u/Kongedam)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2021, 4:57am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/lightning-detector/26916/4 "2021-06-03T04:57:12Z")
Im looking for the same thing. I want to shut off the alarm if a lightning is close by. If the power goes, then my alarm starts. it quite annoying in the nights ---
**Author:** ![Adrian\_Rockall](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/adrian_rockall/32/13209_2.png) [@Adrian\_Rockall](https://community.homey.app/u/Adrian_Rockall)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2021, 10:23am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/lightning-detector/26916/5 "2021-06-03T10:23:08Z")
I have a misol lightning detector in the garden. Bought it on Aliexpress. Connects to Homey using the misol gateway and the Homey misol app. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2021, 11:02am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/lightning-detector/26916/6 "2021-06-03T11:02:37Z")
This can be fun, attached to a smart implant input, like: [Shelly Wifi implant](https://www.robbshop.nl/Shelly-Uni-smart-Wifi-Implant) or [Fibaro smart implant (z-wave plus)](https://www.home2link.nl/smart-implant.html) [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/4/a/4a7c9daf3733f63e78ccd6f3a3bfc601a20d85ad.jpeg "How Storms Are Tracked (DIY Lightning Detector Hack)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VacGFyoY2vI) ---
**Author:** ![Kongedam](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/kongedam/32/35807_2.png) [@Kongedam](https://community.homey.app/u/Kongedam)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2021, 3:16pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/lightning-detector/26916/7 "2021-06-03T15:16:40Z")
> [@Adrian\_Rockall](#): > > I have a misol lightning detector in the garden. > Bought it on Aliexpress. > Connects to Homey using the misol gateway and the Homey misol app. Interesting. Does it need to be outside? It does not look like it isn’t waterproof, im living in Denmark and it is raining a lot 🙂 How long time does the batteries work? ---
**Author:** ![Adrian\_Rockall](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/adrian_rockall/32/13209_2.png) [@Adrian\_Rockall](https://community.homey.app/u/Adrian_Rockall)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2021, 3:42pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/lightning-detector/26916/8 "2021-06-03T15:42:47Z")
It is for outside. I have only had mine for 2 weeks so not sure how long the battery will last but I think it is at least one year. ---
**Author:** ![Kongedam](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/kongedam/32/35807_2.png) [@Kongedam](https://community.homey.app/u/Kongedam)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2021, 4:09pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/lightning-detector/26916/9 "2021-06-03T16:09:30Z")
@Adrian_Rockall What about the gateway, how it it powered, USB? What is the black wire for? ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/c/0/c0404c7f5bf9ad289964b9f7fa06614fdba7f524.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Undertaker](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/undertaker/32/53278_2.png) [@Undertaker](https://community.homey.app/u/Undertaker)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2021, 4:27pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/lightning-detector/26916/10 "2021-06-03T16:27:06Z")
The Home Assistant/HACS has a lightning alarm with a map. The warnings can be passed on to Homey via MQTT. ![Screenshot_20210603-182513_Chrome](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/f/a/facf16aadb8db45638bed0ca7afd315db4be62e2.jpeg) ![Screenshot_20210603-182249_Chrome](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/f/2/f287261614b6aa2607958409e98b7bd3a4b4b5d4.jpeg) ![Screenshot_20210603-182341_Chrome](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/a/4/a4cde4e63f295d00529297f777e7a70f4c4d73ff.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Adrian\_Rockall](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/adrian_rockall/32/13209_2.png) [@Adrian\_Rockall](https://community.homey.app/u/Adrian_Rockall)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2021, 4:39pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/lightning-detector/26916/11 "2021-06-03T16:39:08Z")
Yes, power is via USB. The black wire is a temperature and Humidity probe. ---
**Author:** ![Kongedam](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/kongedam/32/35807_2.png) [@Kongedam](https://community.homey.app/u/Kongedam)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2021, 11:43am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/lightning-detector/26916/12 "2021-06-04T11:43:43Z")
Great, I have just placed a order 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![RonnyW](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/ronnyw/32/10879_2.png) [@RonnyW](https://community.homey.app/u/RonnyW)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2021, 12:46pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/lightning-detector/26916/13 "2021-07-03T12:46:00Z")
Hi Uwe, what component do you use? The Hacs component from Github user mrk-its? Is the map a component, too? Or is it a webpage inside an IFrame? ---
**Author:** ![Undertaker](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/undertaker/32/53278_2.png) [@Undertaker](https://community.homey.app/u/Undertaker)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2021, 12:54pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/lightning-detector/26916/14 "2021-07-03T12:54:40Z")
> **[mrk-its/homeassistant-blitzortung](https://github.com/mrk-its/homeassistant-blitzortung)** > > Custom Component for fetching lightning data from blitzortung.org - mrk-its/homeassistant-blitzortung ![Screenshot_20210703-145236_Chrome](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/7/c/7cd443362bad02afe2b3b31a666840523b5aed66.jpeg) The map is an inset website ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/f/a/fa72d92e3c38c5e3e8acf74afb726ec2092bb697.gif) ---
**Author:** ![Lars\_Gabrielsen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/lars_gabrielsen/32/35535_2.png) [@Lars\_Gabrielsen](https://community.homey.app/u/Lars_Gabrielsen)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2021, 9:22pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/lightning-detector/26916/15 "2021-07-05T21:22:06Z")
I don’t know anything about programing but this site we use in norway/ Swedenm/Denmark/finland [https://lyn.met.no/](https://lyn.met.no/) ---
**Author:** ![BliXem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47774/32.png) [@BliXem](https://community.homey.app/u/BliXem)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2022, 3:39pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/lightning-detector/26916/16 "2022-02-24T15:39:33Z")
Hi Adrian, Are those lightning strikes in realtime within the Homey? Or will they only be received every 80 seconds? ---
**Author:** ![Adrian\_Rockall](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/adrian_rockall/32/13209_2.png) [@Adrian\_Rockall](https://community.homey.app/u/Adrian_Rockall)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2022, 3:53pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/lightning-detector/26916/17 "2022-02-24T15:53:42Z")
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