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Hello!
Background
I have a hobby in creating an automated home, controlling lights, reading temperatures, and so on from self build sensors and actuators. For a while I have had force sensing resistors under each leg of my bed so I can messaure my own weight every day, sleeping patterns and so on. This has been working quite good for a while, but the sensors does not stand the constant pressure and fails. I need a new solution.
Setup
Instead of a sensor under each leg, the bed will fully stand on a plastic tube filled with water. The tube will have a liquid pressure sensor in one end and a stop in the other end.
Problem
I need to know the pressure on the sensor so I can buy a suitable sensor for that working range.
Data
Question
In Bar, what will be the pressure applied on the sensor?
Background
I have a hobby in creating an automated home, controlling lights, reading temperatures, and so on from self build sensors and actuators. For a while I have had force sensing resistors under each leg of my bed so I can messaure my own weight every day, sleeping patterns and so on. This has been working quite good for a while, but the sensors does not stand the constant pressure and fails. I need a new solution.
Setup
Instead of a sensor under each leg, the bed will fully stand on a plastic tube filled with water. The tube will have a liquid pressure sensor in one end and a stop in the other end.
Problem
I need to know the pressure on the sensor so I can buy a suitable sensor for that working range.
Data
- The tube will have a diameter of about 10mm.
- The length of the tube will be around 10m to go around and under all legs of the bed.
- The pressure in total will be around (60+70+30) = 1600N.
- The bed stands only on the tube and the tube will be filled with water.
Question
In Bar, what will be the pressure applied on the sensor?
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