Mounting flood protection system (leaks)

Not so long ago we were doing repair one-bedroom apartments, where, among other things, install automatic protection system against flooding (flood). In this review we will talk about it some more, because, along with the protection of apartments, where the installation of such a system is simply extremely necessary, in our opinion, this system will also be useful for protection of country houses from the flood (leaks), which may occur due to seasonal temperature changes, frequent power outages, or simply incorrect installation engineering communications.

Brief description of the system: The system is fully automatic and includes three main modules - an electronic unit Control (brain of the system), the shut-off ball valves with electric leakage and sensors (wireline and wireless).

Installation principle of the system is as follows: the shut-off ball valves with electric drive, installed immediately after the shut-off valves located at the inlet to the house or apartment. After the valves are set, and the control unit is mounted in the space of possible leaks, the sensor system is diluted. Then he made the system commissioning and in fact all the... more details with the whole process can be found in the video below:

Progress of works: We proceed to practical parts. Thus, flood protection system was installed in accordance with the above instruction, the control unit is installed beside the sanitary closet and looks like it's all about this:

In this case, a combined system of equipment has been used, i.e. several sensors are wired and some wireless. Installing sensors performed in places of possible leakage, namely, at the lowest point of the sanitary cabinet, under the Bath (in the communications field output), the kitchen (in the area of ​​the siphon of the sink drain and tie the hose from the washing cars). Shutoff valves electrically, as expected, it was installed after the first valves in the pipework of hot and cold water.

The system works as follows: in the formation of small puddles in at the sensor (wired or wireless), the control unit It receives a signal of possible flooding, which receiving unit generates a control signal to the shutoff cocks and they block the flow of water in the house or apartment. Unlocking is possible only by force, ie, or manually, by pressing the corresponding buttons on the control unit or by remote control, but also only by the user of the system. Obviously, this is done to ensure that a possible leak has been corrected by the user and only after that the system can be re-activated. Visually, the principle of the protection from the flood of the system is shown in the image below:

The undoubted advantage of flood protection system (leakage) is that it can work is combined - as from the web and offline, which is extremely important in terms of frequent power outages in the summer settlements.

Alternatively, application systems of protection against leakage can not only limit the water supply system. It is possible, for example, to put additional shut-off valves in heating pipes and radiators at the place of installation is also mounted sensors. In general, be smart, the system can "tie" for any utility networks where circulates the liquid and that can potentially become the culprit leaks or flood.

With practical test leakage control system can be found by viewing the following video. If you suddenly have questions, ask them you can through the comment form located at the end of each article or on our forum.

The total execution time of installation, commissioning, leakage control (flood protection) system, was 1 day.