Very little space in front of meters

[DanielWe2]

Hi,

I would like to read two water meters with very little space in the cabinet.

There are a little over 5 cm free space in front of the meters. The numbers are a little bit recessed. It can properly not even focus on 5 cm, right?

In theory I could turn the meters. But this is only for rent I don't think my landlord would like me rotating them (And I might break the "seal")

The only other option I can think of is to build somethijg with mirrows but that seems really complicated.

Any ideas?

(and yes I know those are smart meters that are transmitting the data using LoRa but I think without the key that is not usable for me).

[jomjol]

There is a housing for such a situation with a mirror inside:
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5028229

[DanielWe2]

Wow, thanks didn't expect such a quick answer.

That looks a little bit complicated and seems to need some change for the form of my meters. Need to learn more about 3d modeling. But good to know there is a solution. Could you by any chance upload the source cad files of those stls?

[pos-ei-don]

I use exact this housing. It works great.

[nliaudat]

You could try to fix it on the door ....

here is the STL : https://www.dropbox.com/s/pk2z1vzr0g8haej/ESP32-CAM_v6_hot-water.stl?dl=0

I can give you the openscad if you want.

[DanielWe2]

Thank you. I am using your model for my other meter (Screwed it to my own model ) to hold the esp. (see #1115 for a photo).

I have just one problem: The ESP doesn't real lay flat inside the case and can wobble around. What did you do about that? Am I missing a part?

[nliaudat]

You'll find the cover part stl with openscad too here :
box.zip

[DanielWe2]

A quick updated. I used a remixed mirror design from thingyverse and combined it with my own model that mounts it to the meters itself.

The mount:

The final result:

Thanks everyone.