{"id":881,"date":"2011-12-09T11:59:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-09T16:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.diycontrols.com\/?p=881"},"modified":"2016-03-11T15:02:41","modified_gmt":"2016-03-11T20:02:41","slug":"long-distance-pet-monitoring-made-easy-temp-and-humidity-sensor-works-in-vivariums-aquariums-and-other-habitats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.diycontrols.com\/index.php\/long-distance-pet-monitoring-made-easy-temp-and-humidity-sensor-works-in-vivariums-aquariums-and-other-habitats\/","title":{"rendered":"Long Distance Pet Monitoring Made Easy with Temp and Humidity Sensor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; display: inline;\" title=\"Wireless sensor monitors temp in pet turtle's vivarium\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.diycontrols.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/clip_image0021.jpg\" alt=\"Wireless sensor monitors temp in pet turtle's vivarium\" width=\"230\" height=\"153\" align=\"left\" \/>Last winter, my nephew\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s red-eared slider turtle \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201cHoppy\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c2\u009d nearly perished when the water heater in his turtle\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s vivarium broke while the family was away on vacation and the water temperature in Hoppy\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s tank fell below 75\u00c3\u201a\u00c2\u00b0F.\u00c3\u201a\u00c2\u00a0 Turtles, like other reptiles, <a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outgoing\/www.redearslider.com\/index_habitat.html');\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.redearslider.com\/index_habitat.html\" target=\"_blank\">require a warm environment<\/a> to digest their food properly.\u00c3\u201a\u00c2\u00a0\u00c3\u201a\u00c2\u00a0 If the water and surrounding air gets too cold, the turtle will stop eating and eventually die.<\/p>\n<p>At some time or another, every pet owner is forced to leave their animal home alone. It\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s an inevitable situation that can lead to worries about the pet\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s safety. Even if a pet sitter is hired to stop by daily, equipment can fail and power outages can occur unexpectedly, causing air or water temperatures to get too hot or too cold for the pet. For some animals, like the desert scorpion, a spike in the humidity level can also be a problem.<\/p>\n<p>After Hoppy\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s brush with death, the family learned of a device called a \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201c<a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outgoing\/www.diycontrols.com\/p-7210-online-temperature-and-humidity-wireless-alert-system-with-wet-probe-tx60u-it-cbp-set.aspx');\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.diycontrols.com\/p-7210-online-temperature-and-humidity-wireless-alert-system-with-wet-probe-tx60u-it-cbp-set.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">wireless temperature and humidity sensor<\/a>\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c2\u009d<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->by LaCrosse Technology that can remotely monitor the environmental conditions in the turtle\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s tank and send alert messages to a smart phone or computer. If the temperature in the vivarium goes outside the acceptable temperature range, the device will send an email or text message alert.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 5px 10px; display: inline;\" title=\"Wireless temp and humidity sensor by LaCrosse Technology\" src=\"http:\/\/www.diycontrols.com\/images\/Product\/large\/7210.jpg\" alt=\"Wireless temp and humidity sensor by LaCrosse Technology\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" align=\"right\" \/>The wireless sensor measures room temperature and humidity and can accept up to <a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outgoing\/www.diycontrols.com\/p-7211-additional-sensors-for-online-temperature-and-humidity-wireless-alert-system.aspx');\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.diycontrols.com\/p-7211-additional-sensors-for-online-temperature-and-humidity-wireless-alert-system.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">20 \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201cwet\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c2\u009d or \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201cdry\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c2\u009d probes<\/a>. My nephew rigged his turtle\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s vivarium with three probes: a waterproof wet probe to monitor water temperature, a dry probe suspended above the water to monitor air temperature in the tank, and another dry probe to measure the temperature of the soil.<\/p>\n<p>My nephew \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u20ac\u0153 who is a bit of a techie &#8212; enjoys the user interface that allows him to log into a special account and view all of the temperature measurements online in a spreadsheet format. It\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s easy to do and lets him create and download spreadsheets with all of the collected data.<\/p>\n<p>The wireless <a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outgoing\/www.diycontrols.com\/p-7210-online-temperature-and-humidity-wireless-alert-system-with-wet-probe-tx60u-it-cbp-set.aspx');\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.diycontrols.com\/p-7210-online-temperature-and-humidity-wireless-alert-system-with-wet-probe-tx60u-it-cbp-set.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">temperature and humidity sensor<\/a> is a great investment to ensure the safety of your pet when you are away and can be used to monitor conditions in all kinds of habitats, including aquariums, vivariums, terrariums, kennels, ponds, bird cages, sunrooms, porches, barns, and aviaries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last winter, my nephew\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s red-eared slider turtle \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201cHoppy\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c2\u009d nearly perished when the water heater in his turtle\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s vivarium broke while the family was away on vacation and the water temperature in Hoppy\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s tank fell below 75\u00c3\u201a\u00c2\u00b0F.\u00c3\u201a\u00c2\u00a0 Turtles, like other reptiles, require a warm environment to&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.diycontrols.com\/index.php\/long-distance-pet-monitoring-made-easy-temp-and-humidity-sensor-works-in-vivariums-aquariums-and-other-habitats\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[178],"tags":[135,136,253,254],"class_list":["post-881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pet-care-pet-safety","tag-temperature-alarm","tag-temperature-alarms","tag-temperature-and-humidity-sensor","tag-temperature-and-humidity-sensors","clearfix"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.diycontrols.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.diycontrols.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.diycontrols.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.diycontrols.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.diycontrols.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=881"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/blog.diycontrols.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/881\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7119,"href":"https:\/\/blog.diycontrols.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/881\/revisions\/7119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.diycontrols.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.diycontrols.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.diycontrols.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}