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YoLink Water Leak Protection Kit: Sensors, Smart Valve Controller, EVO Operator, Hub
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To set your sensors to trigger the valve to close, there are two ways on how you can set it up. Please choose one— either through alarm strategy (ideal if you have 2 or more leak sensors) or automation (ideal if you have 1 sensor).
>> To set it via an alarm strategy, carefully follow these steps:
a. From your main page, tap "smart" and create a scene. For its behavior, set the valve to close.
b. Go to your alarm strategies page and edit the alarm strategy of your sensors> tap "related devices" and make sure all your leak sensors (only) are included> go back once> tap "trigger action" and choose the scene you created> confirm> save
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If you would like to set it via automation, carefully follow these steps:
>> From the app's main page, tap "smart"> automation> + sign> name your automation> when +> device actions> choose a leak sensor> water detected> behavior+> device actions> choose your valve> close > tap the 3 consecutive check marks to save your automation
**If you have multiple sensors and you would still want to set it via automation, you will have to create an automation for each sensor following the same steps.
You can also pair the sensors to the valve via D2D and this connection works even if the system is offline. To pair your sensor to your valve through the D2D control, please make sure the valve is in the closed position first then press and hold the sensor's SET button for 5 seconds until it starts flashing green then release the button. Press next the valve's SET button for 5 seconds as well until it also starts flashing green and release the button. The pairing is complete once the lights on both the sensor and the valve stop flashing.
**If you have multiple sensors, you will need to pair each sensor to the valve following the same procedure.
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To set your sensors to trigger the valve to close, there are two ways on how you can set it up. Please choose one— either through alarm strategy (ideal if you have 2 or more leak sensors) or automation (ideal if you have 1 sensor).
>> To set it via an alarm strategy, carefully follow these steps:
a. From your main page, tap "smart" and create a scene. For its behavior, set the valve to close.
b. Go to your alarm strategies page and edit the alarm strategy of your sensors> tap "related devices" and make sure all your leak sensors (only) are included> go back once> tap "trigger action" and choose the scene you created> confirm> save
or
If you would like to set it via automation, carefully follow these steps:
>> From the app's main page, tap "smart"> automation> + sign> name your automation> when +> device actions> choose a leak sensor> water detected> behavior+> device actions> choose your valve> close > tap the 3 consecutive check marks to save your automation
**If you have multiple sensors and you would still want to set it via automation, you will have to create an automation for each sensor following the same steps.
You can also pair the sensors to the valve via D2D and this connection works even if the system is offline. To pair your sensor to your valve through the D2D control, please make sure the valve is in the closed position first then press and hold the sensor's SET button for 5 seconds until it starts flashing green then release the button. Press next the valve's SET button for 5 seconds as well until it also starts flashing green and release the button. The pairing is complete once the lights on both the sensor and the valve stop flashing.
**If you have multiple sensors, you will need to pair each sensor to the valve following the same procedure.
Have a friend who's a custom house builder and his plumber has this in his own house.
Things I like about it:
- If you have a 1/4 turn whole house water shutoff valve you can install this yourself without needing a plumber.
- Actually shuts the water off and doesn't just give you an alarm. The "just alarm" types don't truly help if you're not home, etc. Imagine a washing machine hose going when you're not home. It's like opening a garden hose full force inside your home. If you're at work and get an alarm or notification, a TON of damage can occur in a short amount of time.
- Can be set up to work WITHOUT power or internet. These have batteries and will still work and shut off the water even if there's no power. If a storm comes through and you lose electricity…you're still covered. There's YouTube videos on setting these up.
- Can be set up with a LOUD alarm ( another maybe $30) that will go off if any of the sensors are triggered. So, if it happens in the middle of the night you'd still know that it happened. If you have an oil burner and baseboard heating it can be dangerous to have the house water shut off. if the system has a small unknown leak, when the water is shut off, enough water can leave the heating system and cause a boiler explosion. I personally want to know when the water gets shut off even if I'm sleeping.
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I went with YoLink with it's LoRa tech. Off-grid hubs can also send packets to the yolink server. yolink hub that picks up a yolink device packet will forward it, this allows you to get alerts when your hub is offline and there is another hub online nearby.
I also have Home Assistant turn off the water if no one is home and the water is running. The only issue with this is a small drip/leak won't be detected. I have sensors in various places to attempt detection.
I like this kit because it's all in one ecosystem
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