Gadgetory

in most houses it's pretty tough to get a good view of water being piped in and out of the home so here at the scene on appliances testing lab we set up this contraption here to show how to not only detect floods from burst pipes but also how to minimize the damage resulting from them as you can see we've got this water main coming in here and running up this pipe to this gadget right here called the fortress Z wireless z-wave water valve essentially this works the same way a ball valve does except it adds remote functionality and integration with our smart things hub now I can shut off the water and turn the water back on using my phone but I can also do something even cooler with the smart things integration we can take the fuh borrow flood sensor that we already have installed and when that sensor detects water we can have it send a message to the hub which in turn four words that message to this valve right here basically when a pipe bursts a water sensor will detect it and it will tell this valve to shut off the water supply immediately which will minimize potentially costly damages while this setup definitely won't protect against environmental floods like a sump pump would it will take action against burst pipes even if you're asleep or away from home