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Default Washing Machine Water Feed Sensors

On Dec 31, 12:56*am, DD_BobK wrote:
On Dec 30, 3:51*pm, "ROANIN" wrote:

"mcp6453" wrote in message


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Somewhere I saw a device that you can add to the water hoses on your
washing
machine such that if a hose breaks, the water shuts off. Does anyone know
where
to find such an animal?


They are made bay Watts and are called Floodsafe.


See linkhttp://www.watts.com/pro/whatsnew/whatsnew_floodsafe.asp


Roanin


The only downside to these are slightly longer fill times and the
potential for "false" activations but considering the "insurance" they
provide probably worth it.

I've had two neighbors in the last year have their houses flooded by
broken under sink supply lines....makes me nervous even though all
mine are only ~3 years old.

I'm seriously considering switching over to them.


There are also electrically controlled valve settups which only turn
on the water when they detect current flow indicating that the washing
machine is running.