Recently, I have had a few things I want to monitor temperature of with Home Assistant. The chicken coop needs one for Kim’s peace of mind. She likes to know when it’s cold so she can turn the heater on. There is also a absolute floor where we would bring them into the garage or something. Now that the pond has fish, I’d like to monitor that as well.
I have tried a few coop sensors over the years, but I have been happy with the ECOWITT WN31 Wireless Thermometer. Combined with the GW1100 WiFi Sensor Gateway, it’s a simple out of the box integration with Home Assistant. Chicken Coop Temperature and Humidity, check.
I liked the WN31, and already had that gateway, so adding a WN34BL pool temperature sensor was as simple as setting it to channel 2.
I have had to bring the fish indoors into two ponds, so I have added another sensor and we track all of the temperature on a Home Assistant dashboard along with threshold events. With the additional server under the stair, I’ve added another WN31 there as well.
So far so good. They have been rock solid with Home Assistant.
