E-SDS Automatic Water Leak Shut Off Valve System,Water Leak Detector with 2 Valves,2 Sensors and Sounds Alarm,for Pipes 3/4 NPT,Flood Prevention for Laundry Washing Machines,Water Heaters and More

Had a problem with the waste pipe backing up occasionally when the water filtration system was doing regen/backwash. Took a little bit to install, and get it right but that was more user error than anything. It would be nice if they offered a longer sensor cord as I wanted to use that for our hot water heater which was in another room, but can use an audio extension cable to extend the reach or splice the cord. Also, no way to mount the control box, but heavy-duty Velcro worked very well

Exactly as described. Not an issue but needs to be near sn outlet or use sn extension cord . Also if putting in a heater drain pan has to be on something insulating. Doesnt work directly on metal pan

Install was easy, but there wasn’t any detail to be sure that I had the device in the proper flow direction. It should have arrows pointing in direction of flow.

This both an ALARM and SHUT OFF, direct electrical (battery is optional ) unit, does NOT work. There was substantial plumbing expense to link and attach plumbing (shut on & off) valve. Tested immediately. Sensors were easily activated when touched by hand (humidity). Quickly resolved by wearing gloves. Three (3) days later THIS product was RANDOMLY setting alarm in and shutting water valve Off. This again and again, despite following instructions to the letter RESETTING and opening water valve. The UNIT Repeatedly ALARMED & shut OFF water constantly

So the product is pretty well built. The servo/ball valves look to be high quality heavy construction. The wires to the sensors are very thin so I wouldn’t be too rough with them. The installation was kind of a pain. As most people have the hot/cold shutoff valves in my house are tucked inside the wall box. So there isn’t enough room in the box to just spin on the auto shutoff values (blue parts) so I had to find some female to male hose connectors that can be tightened without whole assembly needing to spin. So after all the connectors are on, the whole thing sticks out too far from the wall and is tight to back of the washing machine. So I wanted to just pull out the machine a few inches away from the back wall but it’s inside a leak pan that has no room to move. So in the end I had to Frankenstein up a bunch of connectors to bring the auto values above the height of my washing machine (no hiding the solution it’s there for all to see). I could have removed the pan since it’s probably no longer needed, but I figured belt and suspenders weren’t such a bad thing. If they had built the auto valves with spin on connectors that would have made this much easier and streamlined to install. I did test unit and it works well when exposed to water.

Works good

This was easy to install. I tested the product by placing some water and the alarm went off and it shut off the water in the water heater. Worth every penny.

This leak detector is advertised for washing machines, but the connections on the valves are pipe threads, and washers use garden hose threads. I asked the manuf for help with the connections, and never heard from them. I had to spend another $80 on brass fittings to adapt to the garden hose threads, and this required 6 connections for each valve for a total of 12 connections just to detect a leak.I used Teflon tape for all connections, but I ended up with 2 leaks. Disassembling, re-taping, and assembling did not help, and the leaks continued. This product is supposed to detect leaks, not make leaks. Even if I somehow managed to stop the leaks, I couldn't trust this to maintain good connections. There are just too many connections. This should have been made with the proper threads for the washer use.The plastic control case if small and the raised text explaining the use is not high lighted and very difficult to read. The wires used for alarm connections are a very small gauge, reminding me of the size used in crystal radio earphones. The alarm itself is not loud, and cannot be heard thru a closed door.I scrapped this idea and bought a Topvico water alarm sensor for the floor, available on Amazon, and works off a 9V battery. The prices for this is much lower and easier, but does not have auto shut off.