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4.5
Out of places for your house to get a flood, there are three primary sources: The most frequent is the washing machine; the next most frequent is the dishwasher (several builders have told me this); and last, but what I expected to be the most, is the hot water tank. If your house is equipped with all three, you should get units for all three locations. I gave up on hot water tanks and went with a tankless hot water heater which should last maybe three decades or more. But I still have a washing machine and a dishwasher, and both of them are now protected by FloodStop devices. The design is quite simple, you put a sensor on the floor under the dishwasher and put the solenoid in line with the water supply. Any leak will cause the solenoid to shut off the water supply, so the worst that can happen is the dishwasher pumps out the water it already has inside it. Much better than flooding the entire house, and you find a problem as soon as it happens thanks to the quite noisy alarm. A benefit of this particular model is a battery backup, so even if power is lost, not only does the valve close upon sensing a leak, the alarm will still be in operation. Good design.September 2014 update: Last week we had a surprise leak under our dishwasher. The Floodstop did its job and shut off the water before it leaked further, and thanks to the warning beeper we knew a leak had occurred. Had to get a flashlight to see the small area where the leak occurred, back under the middle of the dishwasher where I wouldn't have noticed a leak until the floor was soaked and ruined. Fixed the problem (I thought), then this week had a leak again. REALLY fixed the problem this time, and said a few words of thanks to Floodstop and a few words of condemnation to the dishwasher manufacturer for their incredibly poor design. I really like the Floodstop products. Thumbs UP!!!
