Eco Zone controller

[EcoZoneTon]

Hey Alex,
I have had troubles with circuit breakers tripping in my home (lots of reptiles and aquariums, etc.), so have thought allot about that as well. So this is what I had been thinking about setting up as a trial, to send an email alert if the power goes out:

The Ez400 has a programmable I/O relay output, and an I/O relay input.

The I/O relay input can trigger an alarm and send an email alert, also you can set it up to send an email alert when it restarts again (plus in the probe log page see when the last restart occurred).

So the application to send an email on power failure would use a UPS to keep the unit alive after power failure long enough to send an email alert. A power failure detector is used on the circuit to trigger the Ez400 IO input on power failure. I bought the power failure device shown here:

http://www.smarthome.com/7154/Power-...0-1022-/p.aspx

I still need to get the UPS, and get a feel for how much juice is needed to keep things up for at least 10 minutes or so, because this power failure device triggers 3-8 minutes after power goes down. I would prefer one that triggers immediately, but have not found it. The power failure trigger I/O could optionally be configured to shut down the Ez400 AC outlets during power failure to conserve UPS time.

In addition, for this to work, your 'NET connection modem and wifi router etc. also need to be on a UPS, so that the email/text alert can go out when the power goes down. Usually the phone and cable companies have battery backup after a power failure, but if you live in a rural area there is a chance the phone companies are also down, then you are pretty much in the dark till power is restored. My network devices and computer are already on a UPS, so I got that covered.

I haven't gotten to it setting this up yet, it has been on my todo list for a while.
Once I replaced my problematic breakers the problems diminished for the time being.

Regards,
Tony