Leak detector / auto dialer system

[Kep]

I have been looking around for a system that will give me a call on my cell phone if my floor becomes wet. Obviously this is in case there is some sort of disaster with the tank.

I have found systems that can detect leaks and let out an audible alarm (from champion lighting). I have also found security system add ons that call preset numbers when a home alarm is triggered, but they require a land line.

I don't have a land line, so it would have to be attached to a cell phone line to call my cell phone.

Does anyone have or use a system that gives them a call when a leak is detected?

 

[OnoIgotICH]

i'm with you,

Anyone know a product that will call when wet?

 

[kar93]

I'd be intersted to see if there is a product like this available. Get yourself a bum pay him $2 an hour tell him to watch the tank all day and when the tank leaks he can call you. j/k but i had a alarm that tells you when the tanks leaking but when im home im always with the tank and then whats the point in having it when you're not at home.

 

[psteeleb]

two thoughts

first - several of the controlers will send email messages when certain conditions are met. I may be more in blackberry space here but maybe there is another route to getting email notification on a cell phone

second - home alarm systems are programed ot make calls. seems like it could be programed to call you instead. Just have the trip device be a water detector. I bet those high tech home device sites have something that can be worked up.

 

[kar93]

I imagine it could work out quite expensive thought??

 

[OnoIgotICH]

I'm in the BlackBerry space also, Could you point me in the right direction?

I really dont want to spend money on a controller, but getting an email for a massive leak is all i could ever want

 

[psteeleb]

I'm thinking of something like this

http://www.sourcingmap.com/wireless-home-security-system-house-alarm-with-auto-dialer-p-15914.html
but rework a sensor with a water sensor

or if you can remove the motion sensor and rig up a water sensor
http://www.amazon.com/Dialer-Security-Safety-Detector-Protection/dp/B000WHRVLC

 

[psteeleb]

found one - yeah

$75 - I may have to order one before the rush

http://www.smarthome.com/7002p.html

 

[psteeleb]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12425992#post12425992 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by psteeleb
found one - yeah

$75 - may have to order one before the rush

http://www.smarthome.com/7002p.html

 

[rickh]

I have one of these. It calls if the power goes off or you have a leak. R

http://www.electricgeneratorsdirect.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=655&osCsid=8c23bee1c6524dc0dbeb6c50cd785b23

 

[psteeleb]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12426334#post12426334 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by rickh
I have one of these. It calls if the power goes off or you have a leak. R

http://www.electricgeneratorsdirect.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=655&osCsid=8c23bee1c6524dc0dbeb6c50cd785b23

nice find

 

[downhillbiker]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12425992#post12425992 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by psteeleb
found one - yeah

$75 - I may have to order one before the rush

http://www.smarthome.com/7002p.html

problem is you have to have a phone line. for us cell phone only people that doesnt work. i wish i could find one that worked off of a cell phone or gps service.

 

[jimwat]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12426500#post12426500 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by downhillbiker
problem is you have to have a phone line. for us cell phone only people that doesnt work. i wish i could find one that worked off of a cell phone or gps service.

There are adapters that would let you use a phone line. But they are not free http://www.coolproductz.com/

 

[psteeleb]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12426500#post12426500 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by downhillbiker
problem is you have to have a phone line. for us cell phone only people that doesnt work. i wish i could find one that worked off of a cell phone or gps service.

hmm, you may have to consider the blackberry approach. If you don't have a phone line and don't want to dedicate a phone service just for this you would have to go some other form of telecommuncation, and I can only think of web based.

I don't think those internet phones call regular phone lines or do they?

or, talk sweet to your neigbor about tapping in

 

[Kep]

Ya, if there is a land line in your house, the solution is easy. For those of us that do not have phone lines in our houses (cell only household) it makes the problem a bit more difficult. Need a leak detector that calls out on a cell phone.

The cell phone could be set up with an "emergency plan" from a carrier....the kind where you pay $50 for 50 minutes or something of the sort. Can't seem to find anything like this.

 

[jimwat]

If you wanted to set up something to send you an email, you could do it for a little over $100 using X10 modules (and a PC with Internet access, and some freeware).

 

[leeweber85]

I bet you could rig up a leak detector to the I/O port of a neptune aquacontroller.

 

[jimwat]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12427544#post12427544 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by leeweber85
I bet you could rig up a leak detector to the I/O port of a neptune aquacontroller.

Actually, I already have the AC3 breakout box for a float switch and this thread has me thinking about adding a leak detector as well.

 

[strendo]

I signed up for att remote monitoring. 2 cameras and a water leak sensor. The system emails me and texts me when theres a leak, as well as set off an alarm in the house. I think it was aprox $300 + a monthly monitoring fee

 

[Kep]

That AT&T remote monitoring sound almost exactly like what we could all use. Now if there was a system that didn't have a monthly fee!