Patent ID: 7253741

Claim:
A whole house monitoring system for early detection of water leakage from a number of water sources located within a residential or commercial building, which comprises: water detection sensors located in the discharge line of TNP (over temperature and pressure) valves on one or more water heaters; water detection sensors located under one or more water heaters; water detection sensors located in drain pans under the water heaters; water detection sensors located in one or more air conditioning system evaporator housings located within the property to sense high water levels in the housing; water detection sensors located under clothes washing machines and sinks; a microprocessor based control module with electrical communication to a plurality of sensors located throughout the structure, the control module in communication with a plurality of water detection sensors will respond to an output signal from a sensor and emit multiple alarms that consists essentially of: an audio alarm that locally reports the existence of an alarm condition in the property; an illuminated LED on the face of the control module to indicate the location of the water detected; and a physical flag moved to an exposed position external to the housing to indicate the existence of an alarm condition.