Water Leak Detection Equipment Basics

Water leak detection equipment is employed wherever IT or other resources susceptible to catastrophic damage from uncontrolled water are housed. This equipment can provide warnings for several different events characteristic of a leaking pipe or other source of water. They can also store a history of events which can be used to backtrack and determine the origin of a problem, in some cases. The devices can help to keep a company’s resources, IT or otherwise, insulated from the damage that can be wrought by an undetected leak that is allowed to go on until it becomes a disaster.

Water leak detection equipment will generally provide warnings in the event of a mains failure, in the event that a ground-fault protection device is tripped, in the event of an open circuit or in the event that water is actually detected. All of these methods of protection ensure that a problem does not go without being addressed for cause of it being entirely unknown to the facility. It also ensures that, no matter what time of the day or night that a problem may manifest, that the appropriate people are made aware that there’s a problem underway.

Oftentimes, the function of water leak detection equipment is to notice problems before they become at all apparent. A leaking pipe, for instance, may drip away for months unnoticed until it finally degrades and results in the flooding of a room. Detection equipment can find these issues before a small leak inevitably becomes a full-scale crisis for the company or organization whose assets are at risk. FOIS provides this equipment to many different clients, from museums and art galleries to very sophisticated IT operations where a water leak turned into a flood could cost huge amounts of money.

Water leak detection equipment employs a variety of technologies to ensure that the equipment over which it watches is kept safe and secure. These systems integrate with the building management system to eliminate the creation of a situation where information vital to the integrity of the building and the safety of the equipment therein is sent to separate locations. This of course, can help to speed both the flow of information and the efficiency of the appropriate response. FOIS can ensure that this equipment is installed correctly and with the right features that ensure that their clients enjoy the peace of mind they deserve.

Call us now on 0845 2772200 or email us at info@fois.com to find out how Fois leak detection solutions could help you.