Water Leak Sensors

Water leakage in an electronic or electrical environment can cause catastrophic damage including equipment damage, system downtime, short-circuits and potentially a fire risk. Water leakage detectors are the third most commonly installed in a server room or data centre monitoring system, after temperature and humidity, and their deployment elsewhere within a building, can significantly improve operational resilience.

It is difficult to predict the British weather at the best of times. Over the last year we have seen extreme changes within days, from high temperature heat waves to torrential downpours. For anyone running and IT facilities, these weather patterns create additional demands on local cooling, temperature and humidity level management systems.

Water leakage detection is sometimes overlooked in favour of temperature and humidity monitoring. In any IT environment such as a computer room, server room or datacentre, water, or the build-up of any other type of liquid or large amounts of condensation can lead to disastrous consequences including short-circuits, equipment damage and corrosion and operational downtime. Water leakage can also present a fire risk.