H2O SOS - Build Your Own - Hard-Wired or Wireless?

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Wired or Wireless

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Choose Wireless Transmitters

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Choose Sensors

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There are several options available to connect your H2O SOS control panel to your leak sensors. The sensors can be hard-wired, wireless, or a combination of both.

Hard-wire configurations are most popular during new construction projects or for homes and businesses where it is easy to run wiring to the various sensor locations. Homes with unfinished basements or a crawl space are well suited to a hard-wired installation. Hard-wired systems are very reliable, economical, and do not require battery replacement. However, they require more installation labor time as wire needs to be run from the controller to the sensors.

Wireless configurations are most popular for applications where a fast installation is required and/or when it is difficult or impossible to run wire to the desired leak sensor locations (fully-finished house). Wireless configurations require a wireless receiver and at least one wireless transmitter. These components add additional cost but, since no wiring to the sensors is required, the ease of installation can reduce installation labor costs. The transmitters require periodic battery replacement about every 3 years. H2O SOS has two styles of wireless transmitters: one features a built in leak sensor, and one is designed to be wired to one of more standard sensors.

Hybrid systems combined both hardwired components and wireless components. A hybrid configuration is often used when a portion of the home or business can easily be serviced by wired sensors but there are one or two areas of the home where the level of home finishing makes it difficult to run wiring to a distant bathroom or other area requiring leak protection.

All wireless or hybrid systems require a wireless receiver.

For more details regarding hard-wired, wireless, and hybrid configurations, CLICK HERE.

Choose an option below:

Hard-Wired Only	Wireless or Hybrid
Choose hard-wired if ALL of your sensors will be hard-wired to the controller.	Choose wireless/hybrid if your system will be all or partially wireless. A wireless receiver is required.