Rainsensor solar Tuya zigbee, did anyone try this?

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I ran into this nice review

1 did anyone try this? It looks promising (I like the concept of using a shortcut by waterdroppels…)
2 I don’t think if it would connect to homey via the Tuya cloud or zigbee app (it’s not listed), does zigbee standard support devices like this? Probably not?

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Might be nice for the “hot Oder schrot” :wink:
@Undertaker

Feature that seems to be missing on this one is a heater for the print (so droplets evaporate faster)

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It looks nice, but my experience with these types of bare-copper rain sensors is that eventually (often within a couple of months) they will corrode and stop working properly. Plus that a lot of cheap solar-based devices often use cheap epoxy that starts cracking due to thermal expansion/contraction which will lead to water ingress.

And no, Homey will not support this out of the box.

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I bought this rain sensor recently. I works really well in the Smart Life app, but it’s not supported in Homey (yet). If you add it as Zigbee device, it shows up as unsupported and you can’t use its features. And the Tuya Cloud app does not recognize rain sensors, so that won’t work either. Such a shame… :frowning:

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Actually, scratch that–
Using the Test version of Tuya Zigbee, I was able to bind this sensor to Homey. Seems to work perfectly.

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How is this sensor now you’ve had it a while? Does it stay connected or drop off the network?

Thanks

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Hello, where i find “test version” of tuya Zigbee?

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  • Just go to the app page of homey and search for tuya zigbee
  • Open the app page (latest stable)
  • Put the cursor in the hyperlink
  • Now add test behind the last /
  • that will bring you to the test version (if there is one available)
    Tuya Zigbee | Homey
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Yep, thx a lot :blush:

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Works like a charm, had no issues with it so far!

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Or, you just click the test button to switch from the live version’s app page to the test version’s :grinning:.

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Yeah i have had one installed for a while now and works perfect. Far better than home made ones I’ve had a go at with water leak sensors.

At the minute i have it setup to notify me when the water alarm turns on and works great but does get triggered in the morning from dew.

Have you managed to setup from actual rainfall intensity and water values to trigger rain at?

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Tested for about 3 weeks now and fully functional. I am very surprised! Fantastic sensor for 15 euros..Great!