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Flow meters measure the amount of water going onto each zone. This is really useful for understanding water usage and monitoring issues such as broken pipes. Hydrawise reporting allows you to see how much water is used for each zone and how much water is used across your system.
With a flow meter, you can also create alerts for flow issues, which will keep you up to date on what’s happening (particularly important for unattended homes). See Creating Alerts for more information.
Flow meters are supplied with detailed installation instructions attached at the bottom of this article. A two-wire cable is required. The cable required to connect your flow meter must be dedicated to the flow meter and not shared with the common wire of the valves or other sensors. The cable gauge is determined by the total length of cable between the controller and the flow meter. The general rule is
that 0.5 mm (20 GA) wire is good for a run of up to 240'. Connect the wires to your Hydrawise controller.
that 0.5 mm (20 GA) wire is good for a run of up to 240'. Connect the wires to your Hydrawise controller.
| Wiring |
| Software Configuration |
To configure a sensor in the Hydrawise software, follow the steps below.
- Sign in to your HYDRAWISE account
- Click the (
) icon in the upper left. - Click SENSORS.
- Create a new sensor by clicking ADD SENSOR TO CONTROLLER.
- Choose the SENSOR NAME.
- Choose the TYPE OF SENSOR.
- Change the controller input to SENSOR 1 or SENSOR 2. If you have a HPC model, then select SEN.
- Click NEXT.
- Select the ZONES that you want the sensor to shut down when triggered.
- Click OK.