# Monitor my 'analog' fireplace **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions & Help\ **Tags:** flow\ **Created:** [October 17, 2023, 3:11pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/monitor-my-analog-fireplace/92067 "2023-10-17T15:11:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BertusX](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/bertusx/32/79590_2.png) [@BertusX](https://community.homey.app/u/BertusX)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2023, 3:11pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/monitor-my-analog-fireplace/92067/1 "2023-10-17T15:11:43Z")
Hi, new here and not yet a homey-owner, but I’m interested in making my home smart in some areas, and although I’m not familiar at all with a possible Homey scripting language, I think I’ll manage to come up with a script, if the below is at all possible: I have a wood-stove, entirely analog. No sensors, no apps, just a door and two manually operated airflow-valves. Every now and then, after starting it, we just forget to add some wood, until it’s (almost) too late and the fire dies. Now I want to be able to set a small alarm on my phone to prevent that. What if I stick a temperature sensor to my chimney. Whenever I start a fire, the surface temp on the chimney will soon rise to, say, 80°C. At that point a script should be triggered. If temperature then falls below 50°C (because I forget to add fuel), my phone gives me a warning. I reset the alarm, add fuel and the process restarts. Would this be possible? Is there a ready-to-go solution already available? Are there smarter solutions (I’m not going to buy another wood stove)? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![JoeMama](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/joemama/32/89283_2.png) [@JoeMama](https://community.homey.app/u/JoeMama)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2023, 3:32pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/monitor-my-analog-fireplace/92067/2 "2023-10-17T15:32:29Z")
That’s a good idea! It would work the way you described it. What sensor will you use? Sonoff makes good sensors. Hue indoor motion detectors are magneting and has a temperature sensor on it. ---
**Author:** ![BertusX](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/bertusx/32/79590_2.png) [@BertusX](https://community.homey.app/u/BertusX)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2023, 3:36pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/monitor-my-analog-fireplace/92067/3 "2023-10-17T15:36:04Z")
Thanks for your reply. Just glad it can be done, this is another excuse for me to start with Homey. I have no idea yet what sensor to use, but ideally it would be a battery type. ---
**Author:** ![JoeMama](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/joemama/32/89283_2.png) [@JoeMama](https://community.homey.app/u/JoeMama)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2023, 4:53pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/monitor-my-analog-fireplace/92067/4 "2023-10-17T16:53:57Z")
It’s a quite simple thing to set up, if you find the right sensor. I’ll be happy to help you once you have all the hardware! ---
**Author:** ![Slof](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/slof/32/1318_2.png) [@Slof](https://community.homey.app/u/Slof)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2023, 4:54pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/monitor-my-analog-fireplace/92067/5 "2023-10-17T16:54:31Z")
That’s the same as what I’m doing with my waterpump for the fireplace. I have attached it to my CV and pumping water to heat it up. Just using a Sonoff TH16 with a DS18B20 temperatuur sensor ---
**Author:** ![Slof](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/slof/32/1318_2.png) [@Slof](https://community.homey.app/u/Slof)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2023, 5:41pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/monitor-my-analog-fireplace/92067/6 "2023-10-17T17:41:25Z")
Just saw that you want a batterij powerd sensor. You can use a Xiaomi Aqara zigbee sensor but be carefull that you are not melting it 😝