LeakSmart Water Valve

[fillibar]

Has anyone tried out the LeakSmart Water Valve available at Lowe's? $159 for a 3/4" water valve is much lower than what I have found for comparable ones online as most I have seen are $200-$400. Having a battery backup to control it makes it even better but it still seems like these are a pretty high priced item for what should be a fairly simple thing.

[Rafaell]

Yes, I did try it. The valve works fine on A+ but the sensor did not work. The leak sensor also has a temperature sensor and had a proprietary code. I ended up returning the kit.
 

[fillibar]

Thanks for letting me know. Still have not found what I consider a good option. At this point it has become low priority. Maybe driving a regular electric one using a ZigBee or Z-Wave relay.

[fillibar]

The Lowes by me had one left as clearance. For $40 I was willing to get it. Works fine.

[mparadis]

Control via app and lcd?

[fillibar]

Both, yes. It is treated as a binary switch.

[mparadis]

I'll need to check Lowes.

[fillibar]

Unfortunately mine only had the one. I definitely would have bought as many as they had there and offered some up here first. Oh well.

Of course with everything else I am working on, it will be some time before I get around to installing it.