FloodCheck Auto Unit With Remote

    Eight years of  research and listening to customers needs has prompted us to invest in this latest state of the art water monitoring flood prevention device.
Introducing the new “ REMOTE MODEL”  I think you will agree  its  features are unique comprehensive and  impressive. Features like Digital LCD. display shows time, day, mode, and settings,  and any faults, back up battery, irrigation mode, vacation mode, night off mode, maxi mode, additional beeper facility, auto or programmable settings to suit you,, facilities for external signal for flow monitoring,  sockets for external or larger valves , hard wired communication, water flowing indication, Instant control of water supply on or off, freeze protection,  extended time out and excess flow , protected time controlled bypass , self test mode, low power warning,. The remote  control panel and valve are connected by cable ( hard wired) The remote can be easily  fitted to existing homes, but make a great addition and feature,  to any “new build” premises ( home or commercial). For these its is easier to build in and conceal the interconnecting cable for a state of the art, permanent home protection system.

LCD Display
The new REMOTE is fully programmable to suit you, or automatic factory defaults are built in and can select. The LCD displays shows the time, and mode, and any fault condition.

The lcd display is very user friendly and will give  you step by step  instructions and guidance.

Back up rechargeable battery.
The REMOTE  runs off your electricity  supply via a low voltage power  unit. There are too many features included in the new Remote, to run it on battery only, and we were not willing to make compromises.  The power to the remote switch comes via the cable from the Valve module which is plugged into main supply via a small power unit. In the event of a mains power failure there are   standby batteries which are kept fully charged when the mains power is ok.

“Time out “ mode.

Whenever any water is used in your home/office, the remote will monitor this and record how long it has been flowing. You can set the Time Out  for the time period  you think is right for you. You can set the time for anything between 10 and 40 minutes. (Longer if you are in the maxi mode time period)  The lower you set the time the more protection you will have..

If it comes within 2 minutes of the time you have selected, a beeper will sound and warn you to turn the tap off. If you don’t it will turn the water off and bleep at you. The display will show why the water was switched off. When you return you just push the reset button on the control panel and water is restored. Remember it may not be a tap that you left on it is detecting, but a burst pipe

So you set the “time out”  for as low as you can live with ( 15 minutes is typical) .There are times  during  of the day when you will use more water ( peak times) say 7.30am to 9am in the morning and say 4.30 to 8 pm in the afternoon. You can select your own times.

If you wish you can set the time-out quite low ( say 10 minutes) and employ the built in MAXI mode. This will double whatever time-out you have chosen. (Now 40 minutes in maxi).Once it is passed the maxi mode time period it will revert to normal time and flows and give you the maximum protection.  The maximum time out you can get is 1 hour.
This feature can be disabled if not required.

Excess Flow.

Floodcheck® is the only system in the world that incorporates this patented concept. The FLOODCHECK® time out facility   is very useful.. at least if you do get a burst pipe it will only go undetected for the maximum duration of what time out you have set. A whole lot better than for ever. However the EXCESS flow goes one better than this. It constantly monitors the amount of water you use at any one time, if a serious burst occurs a great deal of water will suddenly flow through the Floodcheck. It will regard this as an excess flow as you have set it to your normal flow level.

Floodcheck® will only allow this to continue for just 20 seconds. Then it will shut off your water. It is important the
“Excess Flow “is set correctly so we have built in an automatic setting to make life easy. Don’t forget if you use the maxi flow mode it will double this flow rate for the times you chose. (normally when you are at home and can be there to see what is happening). This feature can be disabled if not required

Freeze Control.

Floodcheck® continually monitors the temperature of the air where the Floodcheck® is installed. This normally indoors or in a basement. If the temperature should drop below 32° Fahrenheit , it will shut off the water supply thus reducing the risk of frozen pipe damage. The unit will bleep and warn you and a small light will flash .It is recommended if this occurs that you shut off the water supply at the main shut off valve ( stopcock) and drain down the system as soon as possible. This feature cannot be disabled.

Maxi mode.
As described above. When you select to activate the maxi mode the Time Out and Excess Flow parameters are doubled. The maximum  Excess Flow would be min 3 gallons and max 10.7 gallons per minute ( lpm) and the maximum time out 1 hour.

 Bypass mode

 There will be times when you will want a lot of water for a long time.. watering the garden, filling the fish pond, washing the car, filling the swimming pool ( if you have one). The Time Out and Excess Flow have been set to your normal use and you don’t want to have to re-adjust them.. If you push the bypass button it will effectively switch off the Floodcheck(r) protection for a limited time. The standard default time is 1 hour but you can select up to a max 3 hours. That is the maximum. During this time the LCD screen will display that you are  on bye-pass and tell you how much time is left. When the time has expired the Floodcheck™  will return to its normal mode protecting your property.

Non Use mode (VACATE)

When you go away for a weekend or on holiday you should always turn your water off.. few of us do!
However.. Floodcheck™  is aware of our little misgivings and if it does not detect any water being used for any 24 hours period it will turn it off until you come back. This feature can be disabled if not required.

Vacation Mode

 When you go away on holiday you just push the vacation button and this turns the water off until you return home and turn it back on again.

Irrigation Mode

Turning off the water completely when you are on holiday may not suit you. You might have an automatic Irrigation System to water your lawn or plants. When you are in the vacation mode you can select a time period when you would like your water to come on an off each day for this purpose,( irrigation period) . In fact.. if you turn everything else off and set up the irrigation correctly, you can use the Floodcheck as your automatic irrigation system. The default times are on at  5pm and off at 6pm but you can select your own time.

External inputs and outputs.

There may be situations (mainly commercial) where it is necessary to have an external device to monitor the flow of water, or have the Floodcheck™  control an auxiliary valve . possible a  much larger one than the one supplied.
The Floodcheck™  has provision for this, and the internal valve and sensor can be disconnected easily for this operation.

Additional Beeper/s

When the Floodcheck is approaching your set time out period it will bleep and give you a warning. If you turn the water off for just half a second it will reset itself and you have another time out period.

Problem is you may be in the shower and not hear the beeper. For this reason we have built in a facility for you to plug in an additional  extension beeper. This can be as far away as you like, and you can have more than one of you chose. You will need to run a thin two core cable to the place you want the additional beeper. ( maybe outside the shower room )

Emergency Water ON / OFF

At any time you can push the emergency button to turn the water on or off. If  the water is  already on and you push the emergency button it turns it of and vice versa.

Night off

We had a case recently where an outside tap had  been installed at a disabled care home for residents to wash their cars down. At night the local kids thought it would be a good idea to turn the taps on full . It was winter , the water froze, and in morning they had their own skating rink. The kids loved it but the residents were not so impressed with  their efforts. With this in mind we built in  the Night Off  facility whereby the user can set the Floodcheck to turn the water off at night (say 6pm until 6 am).

Of course if it were installed in the usual way it would turn off all the water supply. That may not be acceptable, so one may need to fit this as an additional control to just turn off the water supply to that branch.

Self test
We strongly recommend that at least once a month you run you own test to ensure all is well with the Floodcheck(tm) and maximum protection is working. To do this just  leave a tap running a little to exceed the “ Time Out” you have set. Soon the water will go off and the LCD. will show  “Time Out”. And bleep at you.

Alternatively you can set the Floodcheck to run its own self test. It will do this once a month. If all is well it will report nothing, if not it will prompt you to get it checked.

If all these technical terms and settings worry you, DON’T WORRY you can just push “RESTORE” and the Remote will restore all the setting to the standard default levels we recommend.