Any water sensor, certainly any HA with a water sensor could have… but this time it was SmartThings… Have a few water sensors, this one by my basement drain by the HVAC systems. Detected moisture last night, checked it out and it was a A/C coil drain hose that was clogged with sludge, which causes the drip pan to eventually overflow and drip down. At my old house a overflow of the drip pan eventually ruined the control board in the HVAC, which cost me some money to replace. In this case a bit of an early warning allowed me to address the clog without doing manual inspections… Nice…

I’ve been meaning to put one in the drain pain for my air handler…which is in the attic above the kitchen. So yea having overflow would be bad. Right now my only water sensor is under the washing machine. Good to hear something good…and well that it was just a clog.

You bet. As you allude, the attic can be even more costly… I’d definitely put something up there…

I now have 12 sensors around the house. Slow leak is a killer for sure.

Only reason I’ve not put more is dang, those water sensors are pricy. Not found a good deal on any…and honestly not looked past the ST water sensors. So I dont even know whats out there to be had lol. Putting one under each sink and toilet would be nice but yea…thats like 6 more sensors. Thats not cheap…I do keep an eye on things tho. Attic…not so much :frowning:

[image] KevinH: Only reason I’ve not put more is dang, those water sensors are pricy Same. I order the new Xiaomi one. Hopefully can get it to play nice with ST.

[image] Automated_House: Same. I order the new Xiaomi one. Hopefully can get it to play nice with ST. Please report back. I had a ST water sensor report absurd temperatures - hundreds of thousands of degrees if I recall - and then the battery died shortly there after. Replaced the battery, battery was dead in 2 days. So they are not perfect and would be willing to look at other options. That said, the one in my basement was rock solid and likely just paid for itself.

So are you all ST water sensors? Just sucks theres like 3 ‘official’ supported water leak sensors.

I only have 2 myself, yes they are ST. I have one under the kitchen sink, high risk area. Then by the drain the basement another high risk area and catch all for high volume.

Mine is by the clothes washer since those pipes are statistically like the highest leak area. A/C air handler should be the next one I do, but also its way hot up there…like 120* in the summer I think. So yea… After that Id think about the sinks but for the most part I’d think I’d notice before a major issue. Still grats on the early alert…now you will be checking the condensate line every month :wink:

[image] KevinH: Mine is by the clothes washer since those pipes are statistically like the highest leak area. interesting. My drain is in a cubby built into the wall with the valves and all in there, never had a problem at any of my homes. But good to know, will target the floor behind the machine as the next area for a sensor…

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Nezmo August 24, 2017, 2:20am 18

In September I will have had one of my ST water sensors a year. It’s running at 56% battery right now (for about the last three weeks). And that’s after it took a bath . Yep, it sits in the pans for my water heaters in the attic and one tank took a dump a short time back, The leak sensor saved me a bunch of money.

Every so often they go on sale. When they do I grab them. Extremely fast response.

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