Water on floor alarms

[1DeR9_3Hy]

Continued Ccondo's thread about hardwood floors and water from our tanks....

I found this:

http://www.thewateralarm.com/

I see they have a product called "flood stop" that looks like a sensor and a valve that shuts down the flow when the sensor gets wet. Anyone have any ideas on how to set one of these up with a tank?

I know that shutting down flow is terrible for the pump, but its cheaper than new flooring.

 

[1DeR9_3Hy]

I also just noticed that all there ball valves are brass

EDIT:

I found this:
http://www.improvementscatalog.com/product/water-alarm-water-leak-sensor.do#

And a thread on another forum about modifying a smoke alarm for this use.

 

[illsquaddotcom]

Thats seems like a must for almost all of us. Cant tell you how much time that unit would have saved me over the past few years.

 

[steveu]

Watch Dog alarms. Cheap and effective

http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs...langId=-1&catalogId=10053&productId=100038838

 

[bizzleb01]

I install alarm systems and have a unit that is wireless and is attached to my alarm system. When it detects water I get a call from my central station. I have one for temp and power also

 

[driftin]

I bought this guy from Grainger: http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/items/4NE49

It works well, but I tried tying it in to a relay to shut down my pump and I must have jacked something up because it didn't work... worked fine as an audible alarm though.