CoolBeans Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 I wanted to document for the community a work around for sensor failures from the Dam-it system by C&S Electronics. I made a substantial investment in the Dam-It system for my C4 System with 12 leak sensors and the water valve. Within two years, I have had 4 sensors fail. I can certainly buy replacement from C&S but I found the quality to be poor given the failure rate and didn't feel like dropping $420 more on their junk. Subsequently I looked into the Leaksmart system but there are issues with the sensors dropping off the hub and the driver for C4 registers a negative 1 sensor (Haven't figured that one out.) This was with version 3.0 of the Leaksmart hub. I have had CardAccess components and found them to be high quality. So..... I purchased CardAccess WCS10A wireless relay and attached GRI 2800 Leak Sensor to it. I super glued the GRI 2800 to the WCS10A, trimmed the wire and attached to relay 1. The unit was bridged to a generic water sensor in control4. Bingo! The WCS10A is about $50 on ebay new and less used. The GRI 2800 is about $15. Hope this helps someone! turls 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanDad Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 Do you use the C&S Dam-It automated valve, and program it to be closed by a Card Access/GRI event within C4 ? I've been thinking about installing a flood mitigation setup, so your post is timely as Dam-It was my first choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolBeans Posted December 19, 2019 Author Share Posted December 19, 2019 Yes. I do use the C&S Dam-It automated valve. It is set up to be triggered by the CA/GRI event. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLOleak Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 I have a Control4 system with 21 Dam-it sensors and find that the battery life is less than 4 months (advertised life is 2 years). And my Control4 system no longer reports low battery status, so I don't know when to change them (it used to work). My Control4 dealer has given up and wants me to spend $6k on a Moen Flo system, with no rebate for a failed Dam-it system. Since Control4 is a closed system, I can't do anything on my own (I am a computer engineer). Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eggzlot Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 2 hours ago, SLOleak said: I have a Control4 system with 21 Dam-it sensors and find that the battery life is less than 4 months (advertised life is 2 years). And my Control4 system no longer reports low battery status, so I don't know when to change them (it used to work). My Control4 dealer has given up and wants me to spend $6k on a Moen Flo system, with no rebate for a failed Dam-it system. Since Control4 is a closed system, I can't do anything on my own (I am a computer engineer). Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks. Do you have composer home edition? If so you can look to set up battery alerts on various devices. I am not 100% sure of Dam-it and how they would appear in Composer home edition. Did you try to contact Dam It directly and mention your dealer is not being responsive? http://www.candselectronics.com/contact Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddy.trochez Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 You can use any sensor with the Dam-It valve. The sensors communicate with Control4 and not the valve directly, so you can use any sensor including the $10 wired sensors in Amazon. I do agree with the OP, the Dam-It system is junk. msgreenf 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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