Buy FloodStop System for Water Heaters - Compression FitFloodStop System for Water Heaters - Compression Fit Product Description:
- Motorized Full-Port Ball Valve (3/4 inch compression ends)
- Control Unit (with Battery Backup 4 X C Size)
- Water/Leak Sensor (1.25" X 7.5")
- AC Power Adaptor (or use 4 X C Batteries as Primary Power Source)
- Output Contact Wires - approx 3ft to valve and approx 7ft to sensor
Product Description
Unexpected appliance failures cause flooding and water damage, which will continue unabated until the problem is discovered and the water supply is manually shut off. Water loss from unexpected appliance failures and hose ruptures are detected by FloodStop's sensor, and the water supply is automatically and immediately shut off.
New Generation Features:
• Motorized Ball Valves on all models.
• Controller has Battery Port for 4C batteries, which will serve as the Primary Power Source if a nearby electrical outlet is not available. When using the AC wall adaptor/transformer the same batteries serve as a backup power source if an electrical power interruption/outage takes place.
• Controller has Outputs for connection to Alarm or Home Automation system (if desired) to automatically alert the property owner, if the FloodStop was activated.
Application:
• Property protection products designed to automatically detect and prevent indoor water damage.
• The most cost effective property protection products for both residential and commercial applications.
• Easily installed application specific detection and prevention products.
• Revenue gains for resellers and profit retention for end-users.
• Insurance in the form of a proactive product instead of a reactive policy.
Specification:
• Motorized Full-Port Ball Valve (3/4 inch pipe Compression fittings)
• Control Unit (with Battery Backup 4 X C Size)
• Water/Leak Sensor (1.25" X 7.5")
• AC Power Adaptor (or use 4 X C Batteries as Primary Power Source)
• Output Contact Wires (2)
Customer Reviews
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
What's Not to Like
By Choco Guy
Appears to be a quality item. Installation is a snap if you have at least some minimum plumbing skills -- it does require cutting into your cold water feed. Tests indicate it will perform it's intended function. Learned from conversation with vendor that it's programmed to cycle one a month to exercise the valve. This is an important feature that isn't apparent from any of the literature that I've read on it. Only question in my mind (came up after a long trip away) is, if a leak develops and the valve closes and remains closed for an extended time (as when you're away for maybe a month), and you have a gas fired HWH, what would happen as the burner continues to function during that period. Think that with a leak (the reason the system functioned)the tank would probably become empty. Don't know how the burner valve would perform in that situation; but, on balance that's perhaps a bit far fetched.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.No More Floods for me
By Vinny
Very good design especially for the price. If you have basic plumbing / electrical skills, it is quite easy to install. I have personnaly installed about 10-20 of these for my rental properties as well as for friends and neighbors. You can get more years out of your existing water heater because many people will replace it before a failure to avoid the damage. With this, you can keep your current water heater until it fails without worrying about a flood. Pays for itself over time
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.Fine protection for your house
By Prof Quill
I've read that there are actually more total dollar insurance claims for water damage than fire, and have seen 2 other folks that had a frozen pipe leak and a water heater leak, so this product can help a lot.I installed this device on my main water line to protect against whole-house plumbing leaks. This does require wiring up multiple sensors, and the downside here is running all the wiring, and the rather high cost of the individual sensors. As a result, I 'rolled my own' out of some perf board and wire, that's pretty effective.Just stringing together the sensors (factory or home-made) does have the problem of not knowing WHICH sensor has triggered -- I might put together some kind of switched control panel to better identify the zones when I get the time and ambition. Yeah, there are systems available with wireless sensors that will do this sort of thing, but at nowhere near this price. There's also a device that senses continued water flow as a leak condition, but it's WAY more expensive. I have an idea for a technique to do that and trigger this device, we'll see if I ever get around to that.But for now, it does what it is designed to do and well.
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