Hey all,<div><br></div><div>I had a close call with my hot water heater this afternoon.  I heard on odd noise in the pipes and it turned out that my hot water heater was dumping water out of the overflow valve.  Luckily, I found it quick enough, and I&#39;m pretty sure I got it handled for &lt; $150.  There&#39;s a 1 Gal bucket under the overflow valve, and if I had a water level detector emailing me that water is in the bucket, I could have caught this earlier.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I was looking at buying an Arduino and setting up a simple circuit.  I know a few people have played with Arduinos, any suggestions on which one to get and how to go about it?  I don&#39;t need to know how much water is in the bucket, I was thinking about a float type device or even two wires that trip a relay.  I just want a heads up that water is in the bucket so I can stop before my basement floods.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Thanks in advance,<br>-- <br>Eric Martin<br>
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