I have installed a fairly low cost remote temperature monitoring system on my boat. We have had a cold snap in Seattle, and it's nice to be able to remotely see the temps on the boat.

I purchased the Acurite 3-Sensor Temperature and Humidity Smart Home Environment System with My AcuRite for about $100 (I think Amazon has it for $90). It comes with 3 sensors and a base station, and they have a mobile app.

The base station connects the sensors to the AcuRite cloud service which tracks temps and has alerts. Only problem is that it connects via wired ethernet - it can't connect to wifi directly. I bought an Ethernet to wifi bridge for about $20, connected the AcuRite base station to it, and then joined the wifi bridge to my hotspot (marina wifi would also work). It took about 20 minutes for their cloud service to connect with the base station, but it has status lights that tell you when it's ready.

Next I placed a sensor in the engine room, fly bridge, and cabin, and configured each sensor on the mobile app. Finally I created alerts, so if the temp reaches a certain point, I will get notifications from the app on my phone, and via e-mail.

Here are some screen shots of the app: https://1drv.ms/f/s!AvZTRb5DDV-kiec-39gg85dKUmB-mA

Getting the wifi bridge connected requires a laptop. Our marina wifi requires a user login and password for each device, which didn't work with the wifi bridge that I purchased. But since our marina wifi is horrible, I got an AT&T hotspot, which works fine with the bridge.

Total cost: $120

 

I installed SimpliSafe after our burglary 1 year ago. I have door switches, motion detectors, high water alarm, temp. alarm, smoke & CO detection alarms. This system is cellular based and is checked on any smartphone, computer etc.

 

That’s interesting. I have no WiFi at my dock. How do you get the cell service? Is it some sort of SIM card that you pay a monthly fee for?

 

The solution options here really depend on whether you have wifi or not. We keep our boat in a yard with no wifi service for winter. In that case, I use BOATCOMMAND to monitor the main boat systems including temperature and it has performed flawlessly for over 3 years now. It uses data pings to a central server via a basic SMS/phone connection.
During the summer I have an accurite system hooked-up to wifi.

 

I just put in the Accurite system and connected to my wireless hotspot and it works great! - j98052 +1 !

 

How did you connect it to your hotspot?

 

Excellent..... I'm going to give Acurite a try.

 

I put a nest camera and a cheap thermometer in view so I can keep an eye on the boat and also the temps. cheap and easy

 

The nice thing about the Acu-Rite is that you can have 4 sensors in different locations. I have 1 in the engine room, 1 in the cabin, and 1 on the fly bridge.

 

I’m an AT&T wireless subscriber so that might make more sense. What AT&T mobile WiFi device do you use?

 

I use a NetGear LTE hotspot.

 

Well I got my goods and have it all set up and working at the house.

Tomorrow I'll be traveling to the boat to get it all set up.

I'll be monitoring Engine Room, Cabin, and Outside temperatures.

The WiFi extender with ethernet plug works like a charm and the Acurite unit comes with it's own ethernet cord so one less thing to buy.

Thanks for the suggestion.

 

Well I got my goods and have it all set up and working at the house.

Tomorrow I'll be traveling to the boat to get it all set up.

I'll be monitoring Engine Room, Cabin, and Outside temperatures.

The WiFi extender with ethernet plug works like a charm and the Acurite unit comes with it's own ethernet cord so one less thing to buy.

Thanks for the suggestion.

Little Ducky and I have the same plan. I've tested the system using my home network and it appears to be working well. Just waiting for my NetGear WiFi extender to arrive so I can connect with the marina WiFi and that should be that.

 

Everything is set up and works like a charm.

Ice skating anyone? A nice thin layer.

 

Burrrrrrrrr....... ice ice baby

 

Acurite and NetGear extender installed and working well, and just in time for a cold front to sweep through Atlanta. However now I can tell when the Extreme heater cuts in down in the engine room and the cabin is also nice and toasty (55 degrees).

Very happy with this product

 

Look into the "arlo" series of security cameras. They are a totally self contained camera/ battery / transmitter all in one that uses basic cell service for access. buy it/ set it up with your smart phone/ and wherever you drop it , as long as it gets cell phone signal you can remote access it. No router no wifi no wires, runs three months on a charge.

This with the remote thermometer set up in view and your covered.

If you purchase camera from your cell phone service provider the monthly charge is only five bucks a month.

 

I just installed into Katinka Time a new temperature monitoring system from a company called Sensorpush. www.sensorpush.com NO Affiliation...
The sensors are small, about 2x2x0.5" and have a coin battery that lasts a year. They measure both temperature and humidity. They connect initially via bluetooth to your smart phone and you can set alarm points Hi Low Temp and Hi Low Humidity, calibrate and Name them. You can connect an unlimited number of sensors to your phone. They are about $75 each. Here is the great part. They also make a Wifi Gateway for $129. You initially connect to the gateway via bluetooth from your smartphone, set up the gateway with the local wifi info wherever your boat is, and then the gateway takes over the communications between your sensors and the phone. The app on your phone will display all the sensors simultaneously and if you click on each sensor display, it will show a graph of the temperatures hourly, daily, weekly or yearly. Very Cool. It took me less than 15 minutes to install three sensors and the gateway on my boat. Here are some screen shots.

Pete

 

Just an update was forced to upgrade my acurite base station but the kit is still going strong. Since I'm not to worried about freezing during the summer I placed a sensor in the frig to monitor the frig temp while I'm away from the boat. Works great.

This is the new one:

https://www.acurite.com/5-sensor-hu...sensor-humidity-temperature-smart-home-environment-system-my-acurite-977es.html