Patent ID: 7403839

Claim:
A moisture monitoring and control system comprising: A) a plurality of moisture sensors; B) one or more local or remote control stations; C) at least one water control valve powered by an aerogel capacitor capable of turning off the water supply to all or at least one water supply zone; and D) a plurality of non-interfering RF communications devices at each of the sensor, control and water control valve locations each comprising a small low power digital radio module using communication protocols based upon the I.E.E.E. 802.15.4 standard providing two way communication between these devices, wherein: said one or more control stations are capable of monitoring, querying and controlling each of the sensors and control valves and displaying or reporting the status of each of the sensors and control valves visually or audibly; and said non-interfering RF communications devices are taught their unique identifier through direct electrical contact between communicating sensors, control stations and control valves or through infrared contact between such devices.