» Flood-Stoppa:

The Flood-Stoppa is a powerful self-contained composite Water Leak Detection and Automatic Water Valve Shutdown System designed specifically for Domestic, smaller Industrial, Office or Leisure applications. If the Flood-Stoppa detects a water leak, it automatically and immediately shuts the water supply valve and thereby prevents further flood damage. The Flood-Stoppa has been designed to monitor such equipment as washing machines, dishwashers, coffee machines, air conditioning units, water heaters, icemakers, showers, kitchens, bathrooms, utility rooms, tank rooms, attics, basements, caravans etc. 

The Flood-Stoppa can be used to monitor and shut off water to individual items and it can also be used to monitor and protect complete apartments or smaller houses. The typical location for the Flood-Stoppa for house or apartment applications would be just after the main incoming manual water stopcock. For water heaters and coffee machines is should be immediately before the water inlet into the machine.  

The Flood-Stoppa is totally complete with all the items necessary to make the system fully operative. Three pre-fitted cables are supplied; a 2m long mains cable, a 2m long Valve Control Cable, both glanded to the base of the cabinet, and a plug connected 2m Link Cable which connects to a 3m Linear Sensor Tape. The system can be supplied with either a 1/2" Solenoid Valve or a 3/4" Solenoid Valve, - other valves to order. Optional coupling adaptors are available to convert the 1/2” valve to 15mm piping and the 3/4” to 22mm piping.

The Sensor Tape should be positioned in the area being monitored, typically clipped to the floor of a kitchen below the washing machine, dishwasher and/or below adjacent kitchen cupboards. This could also be under a shower drain pan, or along suspect pipework in the basement/attic, or in a WC. Pads or Probes could be positioned in drip trays under coffee machines or under air conditioning units, and Overflow Sensors could be fitted in overflow pipes of water tanks. Specific mains/valve/tape/sensor and link cable lengths are available to order

The Flood-Stoppa can also be configured not only to shut off the water supply but can also be configured to SWITCH OFF the POWER SUPPLY to the item being monitored. This can be either by hard-wiring the monitored item to terminals within the Flood-Stoppa or via an Aqualeak plug-through Adaptor between the plug and the mains socket . Shutting off the power can result in the solenoid valves on items such as washing machines closing, thereby stopping further flooding.