PipeBurst Pro System Overview: Today’s homes are packed with more appliances than ever and a lot of them feature some sort of “water usage” inside them. This exposure vastly increases the risk of a domestic water leak; but when you combine this with the fact that each of these appliances is under continuous pressure these days to be manufactured at an ever lower cost to satisfy the public, you begin to see how a perfect storm is developing for a significant number of disastrous water damaging events that can happen inside the home.

From the iron water pipes of yesteryear, to newer copper pipes used since the 1950's, we are now seeing pressurized plastic pipes becoming increasingly popular in homes at all price levels. (Formerly, for some time, plastic pipes had only been used on the non‐pressurized “drain” side of the plumbing). The iron pipes used more than 50 years ago have by now, seen their dependable days disappear. Copper pipes that have been popular for decades are now being challenged by the more cost effective plastic plumbing. Sturdily built plastic parts are often made of better, longer lasting quality than some copper parts are. But plastic does lend itself to being made "just good enough" and to last "just long enough". This type of engineering often leaves the owner with a disastrous, wet, mess to deal with.

From an act as simple as driving a small nail into the wall to hang up a picture, a leak can develop that is non‐detectable for an unforeseen period of time. The old saying that “Quality never goes out of style" has significant meaning when it comes to preventing disasters that can ruin precious, irreplaceable items such as generations of photos, or legal documents. Additionally, your life‐style is interrupted for what can be months of clean up and dry out time. Tremendous personal inconvenience, decreased resale value of your home, and mold intrusion for improperly cleaned up floods, along with other unforeseen factors, add up to this being an event no one ever wants to experience firsthand.

With all the information and equipment available to prevent this from happening, it remains the second highest category of insurance claims, according to the Insurance Information Institute . Home water damage claims also represent nearly three times the frequency of home fire claims. Domestic water damage is a significant problem and by and large, these floods are not caused by small nail holes in pipes!!

The FloTrax is a wireless wall or table top monitor for the PipeBurst Pro system. It basically displays the functions that the VIP sends to it via a lighted LCD readout. But the FloTrax does so much more than the VIP can display or announce by itself.

• Gives you a convenient one button touch to close the TickerValve at any given moment.
• The FloTrax monitor exclusively features PosiTrol valve position indication meaning the Water OFF status is not displayed until the TickerValve provides feedback signals that indicate it has indeed reached its fully closed position.
• Announces and monitors all of the FloodBug statuses in the system.
• Instantly programmable to allow TickerValve closure settings AFTER dishwashers and washing machines complete their cycles when you are leaving the house and they are still running.
• Programmable to match lawn watering schedules so when you’re absent for an extended period, your lawn can still be watered while your TickerValve remains OFF the rest of the time; thus providing maximum flood protection. Yet still providing automatic leak detection and shut down if commanded during watering times.
• Its’ wireless and can be desk or wall mounted. It uses 2 AA batteries or an AC wall adapter. The FloTrax is a versatile tool you won’t want to be without