I’ve searched the forums for recommendations on a reliable water shutoff valve and what I’ve found is a bit old and doesn’t seem conclusive. My primary concern is reliability - the thing can’t leak (that would kind of negate the point of having it in the first place!) and I need to know it will wor…

SmartThings itself does not offer guaranteed reliability. Their own terms of service say so: https://www.smartthings.com/guidelines Data accuracy and consistency from SmartThings sensors, including those provided by SmartThings directly, resold by SmartThings, or supported by SmartThings, is not…

May be worth reading this topic, you can get top mounted valves which are pretty reliable: [image] What's the consensus on water valves? Connected Things Dome, ZooZ, EcoNET - they all use the EXACT same motor and chipset for controlling the actual water valve. The differen…

@JDRoberts of course you make a good if somewhat depressing point. I wonder when/if smart home devices will ever reach the level of reliability needed for this type of control? @RBoy thanks for the link, I didn’t see that one in my search. I probably should have mentioned, my existing shutoff val…

[image] joecooler: powered shut-off valve that would respond to an ST command I like my WaterCop for this, but it does show as offline every so often - I haven’t dug into it but I suspect it happens after some number of days or weeks of not being used. Usually it still responds to a “close” c…

Sounds like you will have to call a plumber to replace the water valve anyways. I would personally recommend a good quality ball valve and then a mounted z-wave valve controller (like those explained in the thread) instead of a inpipe water valve controller because if the inpipe controller get fried…

[image] RBoy: Sounds like you will have to call a plumber to replace the water valve anyways. I would personally recommend a good quality ball valve and then a mounted z-wave valve controller (like those explained in the thread) instead of a inpipe water valve controller because if the inpipe co…

[image] joecooler: And the mounted controller does seem like a safer option since it doesn’t interfere w/the mechanics of the valve itself. The nice thing about the watercop is that the valve and the controller are independent; it also has a lever you can turn by hand and backdrive the motor …

[image] MarkTr: The nice thing about the watercop is that the valve and the controller are independent; it also has a lever you can turn by hand and backdrive the motor (takes a little extra force but not unreasonable). There are open/close buttons on the controller that continue to work even if…

At 6:36 in this video they show an EcoNet water shut off that can be placed on your existing valve. Don’t have one so I have no idea about reliability.

[image] Stroh: EcoNet water shut you mean a screw-type shutoff handle instead of a blade type? link doesn’t work so i can watch the vid.

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RBoy (www.rboyapps.com - Making SmartThings Easy!) September 13, 2019, 7:23pm 3

May be worth reading this topic, you can get top mounted valves which are pretty reliable:

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