Dogman
Active Member
I am installing a new Copper fire pit and the gas control is an electrically operated 24v valve similar to gas fireplace. I want to be able to put a cover on the Fire Pit when it is not in use just to keep debris and rain out of it. However, I want to put in an interlock so that if somebody (Wife) doesn't pay attention and remove the cover first she won't accidently turn it on and heat up the Copper cover. So I could use a simple magnet contact and connect it as an input zone on my M1 but using a magnetic contact would mean the cover would have to be perfectly positioned and so I would rather just use a proximity sensor of some sort to detect that the cover is installed. Does anyone have any good suggestions or sources for a small prox sensor that can be used outside and is relatively robust?