Water Detection and Outlet Shutoff

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I'm glad for ST - saved me thousands of $$$ today

So I thought I’d share a little experience today, my house is full of automation’s across the board and as a full time ST developer/enthusiast me and my team are constantly working on new ideas and apps. However the power of a simple app really hit home today when the simplest of uses cases made me realize how thankful me and my family are to SmartThings. I get a push notification follow up a text notification that there was water detected in the basement. Apparently our 2+ decade old water heater finally decided to give away while we were away from home. It would have literally flooded the basement if it weren’t for the two simple devices I had installed in our basement Utilitech Water leak sensor ZooZ Water Valve Not only did the ST platform inform me that our basement was about to …