Hey everyone, I’m curious if anyone has any solutions to my current problem. I am hoping to get a mailbox delivery notification and thus far I have attempted to use a contact sensor but I’m having difficulty with the overall range to connect. It’s several hundred meters from my house.
So far I have added an E1 hub about halfway at the furthest place I have electrical power, but it’s pretty inconvenient and still an intermittent connection. Is there any recommendations for making longer range links work? I already have the sensor mounted on the outside of the mailbox…
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You could get the water leak sensor and add two very long wires to the screws. You’d then have to attach them to your mailbox in such a way that they make contact when the mailbox opens.
You might have to get a large enough gauge wire as I’m sure it’s all very low voltage and the resistance over that distance might become an issue.
It could work but I admit it’s not great 
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Ha - this makes great sense, albeit very impractical… thanks for the response. In all honesty I will likely try it and see if it’s more reliable than my current solution.
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Hello, do you happen to have an Aqara camera? I’m asking just in case, there might also be a gateway.
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