Battery operated water alarm

Edward A. Carey · October 2002

Hey Tom,

When you say thanks, you don't fool around.
(SMILE)

Regards
Ed.

Tom_7 · October 2002

Battery operated water alarm

How many times have you got called for a water leak and found water from a relief valve that opened and dumped water all over the basement floor. Or maybe a washing machine hose broke. An unhappy customer with water damage. They sometimes never go in the basement or it happened over night. If they only had a way of knowing that this was happening. I found a good battery water alarm that works great. Its the Basement Watch Dog alarm made by Glentronics. I bought one for under $15 at a home depot store. It is loud enough to wake you up in the middle of the night and the 9 volt battery should last a long time. For a few dollars you can prevent a lot of trouble in the future.

Gary Fereday · October 2002

Like any

Thing else, Murphy will be there to get you again, the day after the battery goes south! How do we get prevenative maintainence without thinking. Just like my Grandson, Who went to the gun club to shoot trap. Took his dads shot gun. it had a triggerlock on it. He went to use it and walla murphy said "not without a key"! Duh! There is NO FREE LUNCH any where any time, Everything has a price to someone somewhere somehow. Kind of like My Daughter who at 15 said "I am nobody". Worried, I ask her why she thought herself as nobody? Her answer, "I am nobody, because Nobody is perfect". I just let that ad-lip go and left the room.
bigugh

Tom_7 · October 2002

One Better....

You could have a water alarm installed into your burglar , fire alarm system if you have one. Then it would signal you and call a central station and they would call you. But then you would have had to paid the phone and security company bill. Or just put a bucket down under the relief valve just in case. Thats what most people do.

Edward A. Carey · October 2002

Water Alarm

Tom,

I found the same alarm at H D, and I bought several of them. They are GREAT. I installed one at my WH, one at my heating unit, and a third at the water conditioner near my water main. I tested them all, and they work very well.

I did not install those appliances, as they were in the home when I bought it. If I did , they would have had drain pans, because the remainder of my bsmt is completely finished.

As for Murph and the batteries, that is simply a personal thing. In the past as a vol fireman, I saw several times when people burned to death in their beds, with a smoke detector in the same room. The batteries were old and dead or the batteries had been removed. Unfortunately, they became dead, stupid people.

I change my smoke alarm batteries (tonight), when I change my clocks from DST. They are cheap and they get changed twice a year, needed or not. My water alarm batteries will be replaced at the same time.

There was a post on the Wall a few days back, from our friends here, of their beautiful little children. If have two of my own. I change all my batteries for them.

As for the alarms, they may actually save the butts of the people who install water heaters and other similar appliances, and do not install a secondary drain pan.
If one installs any water heater, and actually reads the instructions, they show the requirement for proper drainage from a leaker. If the instructions were followed, many installations would not need any alarms.

Regards,

Edward A. (Ed) Carey

Edward A. Carey · October 2002

Water Alarm

Hi Tom,

I found the same alarm at H D, and I bought several of them. They are GREAT. I installed one at my WH, one at my heating unit, and a third at the water conditioner near my water main. I tested them all, and they work very well. Very LOUD.

I did not install those appliances, as they were in the home when I bought it. If I did , they would have had drain pans, because the remainder of my bsmt is completely finished.

As for Murph and the batteries, that is simply a personal thing. In the past as a vol fireman, I saw several times when people burned to death in their beds, with a smoke detector in the same room. The batteries were old and dead or the batteries had been removed. As harsh as it sounds, unfortunately, they became dead, stupid people.

I change my smoke alarm and CO detector batteries (tonight), when I change my clocks from DST. They are cheap and they get changed twice a year, needed or not. My water alarm batteries will simply be replaced at the same time.

There was a post on the Wall a few days back, from our friends here, of their beautiful little children. If have two of my own. I change all my batteries for them.

As for the alarms, they may actually save the butts of the people who install water heaters and other similar appliances, and do not install a secondary drain pan.
If one installs any water heater, and actually reads the instructions, they show the requirement for proper drainage from a leaker. If the instructions were followed, many installations would not need any alarms.

Lets face it, almost all of the boilers and water tanks installed will will eventually leak. The home will out live them. If they are in a location where that water will damage "stuff", there should be drainage provisions, and/or an alarm of some type. The H D alarm are cheap and great way to save your stuff from damage.

Regards,

Edward A. (Ed) Carey

Tom_7 · October 2002