The Water Sensor detects the presence or absence of water and notifies you when a water leak is detected. You can use your Water Sensor to monitor the

presence of water in areas of your business or home, such as a sump pump, basement, beach house, or under a sink, water pipe, or other plumbing fixture. You

can also monitor areas near appliances such as an aquarium filter hose, pool filter hose, hot water heater, washing machine, dishwasher, or lawn sprinkler

system.

The Water Sensor is packaged as a kit featuring two parts: the sensor body and the sensor element, which is affixed at the end of a cable (approximately six feet

in length). The sensor element cable is plugged into a jack located at the bottom of the sensor body. The sensor is immersible and can detect the presence of

water or the absence of water at the sensor element. When water is detected (or lack of water is detected), the sensor sends an event to the Wireless System

Controller, which places a notification into your archive screen. The Motorola homesight Software system can configure the sensor to send an event upon

detecting a wet condition, or upon detecting a dry condition, or for both wet and dry conditions.

Mounting the Water Sensor

The Water Sensor should typically be mounted no more than 60 to 80 feet from the Wireless System Controller (for indoor operation). The sensor and controller

use radio frequencies to communicate with each other. Those frequencies can go through objects such as walls, ceilings, and floors, so you can put the sensor in a

different room from the controller.

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