Leak control in buildings with electronic devices or other valuables is an elementary part in housing surveillance and protection.

Undetected leaks may cause substantial damage:

• Damage to plant and equipment
• Health risk to personnel
• Increased fire risk
• Environment pollution
• Lost of product

Preparation

• Identification of possible sources of danger (e.g. water pipes, air conditioning devices)
• Identification of objects / plant parts that need to be protected (e.g. computer centers, communication cabinets, valuable objects)
• Marking of all sources of danger and plant parts that need to be protected within the building layout

Configuration of the sensor array

Outline the sensor cable path, the point sensors and the electronic monitoring system(s) into the building layout.
The electronic monitoring system RLW does not necessarily require an installation plan with meter specifications if the rooms or objects to be monitored are clearly outlined in the plan and on site. The leakage location and area can be indicated in plain text.

• Monitoring of individual objects by means of point sensors or short sensor cable sections
• Large-area monitoring by means of the sensor cable
  wave-form floor installation of the sensor cable
  (recommended distance = 1.2 m or double pad distance)
• Monitoring of a specific area by means of the sensor cable

Floor installation of the sensor cable directly alongside the danger sources, i.e. complete isolation of the danger source.

Planning the electronic monitoring system

• Specification of the number of buildings, rooms, floors, sectors/areas to be monitored
• Necessity of leakage detection yes/no
• (depends on the size and visibility of the object in case of a leakage)

The electronic monitoring systems RDW or RDA are used for monitoring tasks that do not require any detection. Both sensor cables and point sensors can be connected.
- For the performance characteristics see the data sheet.

The electronic monitoring system RLW is used for monitoring tasks that do require the detection feature. Both sensor cables and point sensors can be connected.
- For the performance characteristics see the data sheet.

Number of electronic monitoring systems

The number of electronic monitoring systems should, in general, be determined with the help of the final building layouts.

Recommendation:

• If, in case of a leakage, an alarm averts the central operator and active measures are introduced (such as the closure of single water inlets), the number of electronic monitoring systems should be increased during the planning phase in order to achieve a selective turnoff.
• If parts of the building or certain areas are far apart from each other, we recommend one electronic monitoring system for each building or area.