# Eltako FTKE for toilet flush monitoring

**URL:** <https://community.openhab.org/t/eltako-ftke-for-toilet-flush-monitoring/155765>\
**Category:** DIY\
**Created:** [May 3, 2024, 6:55pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/eltako-ftke-for-toilet-flush-monitoring/155765 "2024-05-03T18:55:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![rpwong](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/rpwong/32/36036_2.png) [@rpwong](https://community.openhab.org/u/rpwong)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2024, 3:53am UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/eltako-ftke-for-toilet-flush-monitoring/155765/2 "2024-05-04T03:53:51Z")

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> [@DrRSatzteil](#):
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> Don’t know what it’s really good for yet.

This sentence made my day.

> [@DrRSatzteil](#):
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> I thought about maybe switching off the light a couple of minutes after the flush was used.

Off the top of my head, you could turn on the fan when there’s a heavy flush, and then…

> [@Toilet air freshener idea](https://community.openhab.org/t/toilet-air-freshener-idea/147658):
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> Hi I put together a simple device using a Tuya ZigBee smart fingerbot (search on AliExpress) And a [Sonoff ZigBee dongle](https://sonoff.tech/product/gateway-and-sensors/sonoff-zigbee-3-0-usb-dongle-plus-p/) I 3d printed a support to hold the perfume bottle and fingerbot. The perfume is from Zara home so if you need the 3d model let me know. The fingerbot came with some stickers and some little wooden blocks which I used. In openhab I already had a rule that turned on a light using a DSC alarm motion detector. So I added a function to activate the fingerbot if there was so…

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