Amazon has
Moen Flo Smart Water Monitor & Automatic Shutoff (3/4" Diameter, 900-001) on sale for
$298.75.
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About this Item:
- Turn your water on/off from the app manually, or Flo by Moen Smart Water Shutoff will automatically turn off the water for you to protect the home from catastrophic water damage
- MicroLeak Technology proactively monitors the security of the home's entire water system (including behind walls and in foundations) to identify leaks as small as a drop per minute (e.g. pinhole leaks, etc.)
- See how much water you're consuming daily and set conservation goals to encourage saving water and money for your home
- Model 900-001 fits 3/4-Inch to 1-1/4 Inch pipe diameter (consult a professional)
- Compatible with: Alexa skills and Google Assistant; no smart hub or system required; requires Wi-Fi connection; requires standard AC/DC power connection
- Everything needed for installation is included in box; Professional installation is recommended
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Does this have a little turbine in the path of the flow or is the pipe completely clear?
I would think that if I'm mitigating a significant risk, I should get a discount.
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But if you say so, based on zero information presumably, it must be true... 🙄
You realize there's a non negligible pressure drop in a straight pipe, right? There's pressure drop across an open ball valve. "But it's really easy to spin!" What's that do to your laminar flow, shear stress, etc etc etc. I bet you get 1 or 2 PSI pressure drop across that thing with full flow, somewhere around 5%.
Everyone knows everything on the internet... Even what you do for a living.
I'll stick with something that I don't have to rip out and replace if the company goes under, stops the service dead or goes bad.
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It's been so good that I've installed 3 additional ones at other properties including my own house. I have it on CPVC as well as PEX. There's no subscription cost and every device stays connected to wifi very reliably. It also integrates into the Ring app in addition to its own Moen app.
This is caught toilet water leaks, hose leaks, actual pipe leaks, and my in-laws just over watering the garden. I'm in Atlanta where we had a city-wide freeze resulting in pipes bursting all over the city last winter, my devices were able to consistently track overall water pressure drop across the various days as the city was gradually repairing leaks. That way I was able to give tenants a heads up about why they were experiencing low water pressure and let them know that there was potential water contamination and to boil their water.
Overall, I'm a very big fan. If I had another property I could add this device to, I would do so in a heartbeat.
The downsides are some nuisance alarms or calls but I think it's a minor inconvenience. If you do have this on rentals tho, you do need to make sure you have internet connection while traveling or on the plane just in case it detects some anomaly event and shuts off water. You don't want your tenants without water for an extended amount of time.
Having said that, I guess it required a good plumber to install this, so my question is how much does it usually cost, and how easy/difficult to install?
The last thing, let's say we get an alarm for whatever reason and it shuts off, can we switch it on remotely through an app or do we have to switch on the water physically?
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