Zircon 64003

This is a excellant product, it works well and does the job that I bought it for.

Effective and Inexpensive

I purchased three of these water alarms three years ago after I woke up with seven thousand dollars in damage when a washing machine hose sprang a leak in the middle of the night. I am now ordering five more, one to go under every sink in my house, after a sneaky leak under an unguarded sink cost me $600 in plumbing and cabinet repairs.

The detector could not be simpler in concept. There are two metal contacts approximately a quarter inch apart on the bottom of the unit. When water bridges the contacts the alarm sounds and sounds. You shut the alarm off by drying the contacts with a cloth. I have tested the unit by simply wiping a counter with a wet cloth and setting the unit on the wet table. There is only a thin film of water on the table, but the unit sounds the alarm. I have also found that the manufacturer's claim of a two-year life for a standard nine-volt alkaline battery is conservative.

Other uses: Everyone with an aquarium in the house needs one of these babies at the rear of the aquarium stand. I had one in place at my aquarium and it prevented some real damage when a filter developed a leak.

Can be invaluable in preventing damage, and calming nerves.

When we bought our home, we had a short in a sump pump in a false wall in our basement. Therefore, we used this product to alert us when water, from heavy rain, would begin coming in. We used this product until we found the source of the problem and had it fixed. Another example was an 83-year-old paranoid stepmother who had rainwater seeping under her basement door onto her unfinished basement. Even though this trickle of water sloped directly to, and down a drain she obsessed about it. Therefore, we bought her a couple of these until we could build a "lip" and stop the "problem." It stopped the midnight phone calls. Amen! Now, with some fore thought we placed them next to her washer and stationary tub. As for the below poor review concerning humidity setting off the alarm in Wisconsin basements, his point is well taken considering the nearby Great lakes and the use of dehumidifiers in the times I spend up there.