Madzi ndi chinthu chamtengo wapatali komanso chokwera mtengo, koma chikhoza kukhala chowopsa ngati chikuwonekera m'malo olakwika m'nyumba mwanu, makamaka mosasamala. Ndakhala ndikuyesa valavu yamadzi ya Flo by Moen kwa miyezi ingapo yapitayo ndipo ndinganene kuti ikanandipulumutsa nthawi yambiri komanso ndalama ndikanayiyika zaka zingapo zapitazo. Koma si wangwiro. Ndipo ndithudi sizotsika mtengo.
Pachiyambi chake, Flo amazindikira ndikukuchenjezani za kutayikira kwamadzi. Idzatsekanso madzi anu akuluakulu pakachitika ngozi, monga chitoliro chophulika. Izi ndizochitika zomwe ndakumana nazo panokha. Chitoliro cha padenga la garaja langa chinazizira ndipo chinaphulika nyengo ina yozizira pamene ine ndi mkazi wanga tinali paulendo. Tinabwererako masiku angapo pambuyo pake kuti tipeze mkati mwa garaji yathu yonse itawonongedwa, madzi akutulukabe kuchokera m’kugawanika kosachepera inchi imodzi m’paipi yamkuwa m’denga.
Zasinthidwa pa February 8, 2019 kuti linene kuti Flo Technologies yapanga mgwirizano wabwino ndi Moen ndikuchitcha dzina lakuti Flo ndi Moen.
Inchi iliyonse ya sikweya ya zowuma inali yonyowa, ndi madzi ochuluka padenga kotero kuti inkawoneka ngati kumagwa mvula mkati (onani chithunzi, pansipa). Zinthu zambiri zimene tinasunga m’galaja, kuphatikizapo mipando yakale, zida zopangira matabwa amphamvu, ndi zipangizo zolima dimba, zinawonongeka. Zotsegulira zitseko za garage ndi zowunikira zonse zidayenera kusinthidwanso. Inshuwaransi yathu yomaliza idapitilira $28,000, ndipo zidatenga miyezi kuti chilichonse chiwumitsidwe ndikusinthidwa. Tikadakhala ndi valavu yanzeru panthawiyo, pakadakhala kuwonongeka kochepa.
Chitoliro chamadzi chomwe chinazizira ndikuphulika pamene wolembayo anali kutali ndi kwawo kwa masiku angapo chinapangitsa kuti ndalama zoposa $ 28,000 ziwononge nyumbayo ndi zomwe zili mkati mwake.
Flo imakhala ndi valavu yamoto yomwe mumayika pamzere waukulu wamadzi ( mainchesi 1.25 kapena ocheperapo) omwe amalowa mnyumba mwanu. Mutha kuchita izi nokha, ngati muli omasuka kudula chitoliro chomwe chimapatsa nyumba yanu madzi, koma Flo amalimbikitsa kuyika akatswiri. Sindinkafuna kuchita mwayi uliwonse, kotero Flo adatumiza katswiri wodziwa pulamba kuti adzagwire ntchitoyi (kuyika sikukuphatikizidwa pamtengo wa $499).
Flo ili ndi adaputala ya Wi-Fi ya 2.4GHz, kotero ndikofunikira kuti mukhale ndi rauta yamphamvu yopanda zingwe yomwe ingatalikitse netiweki yanu panja. Kwa ine, ndili ndi makina atatu a Linksys Velop mesh Wi-Fi, okhala ndi malo olowera m'chipinda chogona. Mzere waukulu wamadzi uli mbali ina ya khoma limodzi la chipinda chogona, kotero chizindikiro changa cha Wi-Fi chinali cholimba kwambiri kuti chigwiritse ntchito valve (palibe njira ya ethernet yolimba).
Mufunikanso chogulitsira cha AC pafupi ndi chingwe chanu kuti muthe kuphatikizira valavu yamoto ya Flo ndi adaputala yake ya Wi-Fi. Valve yanzeru ya Flo imakhala ndi nyengo yokwanira, ndipo ili ndi njerwa yamagetsi yamkati, kotero pulagi yamagetsi yomwe ili kumapeto imatha kulowa mkati mwa chivundikiro chakunja chamtundu wa thovu. Ndidasankha kuyiyika potulutsira mkati mwa chipinda chakunja momwe chotenthetsera changa chamadzi opanda tanki chimayikidwa.
Ngati nyumba yanu ilibe malo otulukira kunja pafupi, muyenera kudziwa momwe mungagwiritsire ntchito valve. Ngati mwaganiza zoika potulukira, onetsetsani kuti mukugwiritsa ntchito chitsanzo cha GFCI (ground-fault circuit interrupter) kuti mudziteteze. Kapenanso, Flo imapereka chingwe chotsimikizika cha mapazi 25 $12 (mutha kugwiritsa ntchito zinayi mwa izi palimodzi ngati mukufunadi).
Ngati chingwe chanu chamadzi chili kutali ndi magetsi, mutha kulumikiza mpaka zitatu mwa zingwe zokulirapo za mapazi 25 kuti mufike potulukira.
Zomverera mkati mwa valavu ya Flo zimayesa kuthamanga kwa madzi, kutentha kwa madzi, ndi-pamene madzi akuyenda kudzera mu valve - mlingo womwe madzi akuyenda (kuyezedwa magaloni pamphindi). Vavu idzachitanso "mayeso aumoyo" tsiku ndi tsiku, pomwe imatseka madzi a m'nyumba mwanu ndiyeno imayang'anira kutsika kulikonse kwa kuthamanga kwa madzi komwe kungasonyeze kuti madzi akusiya mapaipi anu kwinakwake kupitirira valve. Kuyesako kumachitika pakati pausiku kapena nthawi ina pomwe ma aligorivimu a Flo aphunzira kuti nthawi zambiri simuthamanga madzi. Mukayatsa bomba, kutulutsa chimbudzi, kapena muli ndi chiyani pamene mayeso ali mkati, mayesowo amasiya ndipo valavu idzatsegulidwanso, kuti musavutike.
Gulu lowongolera la Flo limapereka lipoti la kuthamanga kwa madzi a m'nyumba mwanu, kutentha kwa madzi, ndi kuchuluka kwa madzi omwe akuyenda. Ngati mukukayikira kuti pali vuto, mutha kutseka valavu kuchokera pano.
Zonse izi zimatumizidwa pamtambo ndikubwerera ku pulogalamu ya Flo pa chipangizo chanu cha Android kapena iOS. Zochitika zingapo zingapangitse kuti miyesoyo isawonongeke: Nenani kuti kuthamanga kwa madzi kutsika kwambiri, kusonyeza kuti pangakhale vuto ndi gwero la madzi, kapena kukwera kwambiri, kuyika kupsinjika pamipope yanu yamadzi; madzi amazizira kwambiri, kuyika mapaipi anu pachiwopsezo cha kuzizira (chitoliro chozizira chimapangitsanso kuti madzi azithamanga); kapena madzi amayenda pamlingo wambiri nthawi zambiri, kusonyeza kuthekera kwa chitoliro chosweka. Zochitika zoterezi zingapangitse ma seva a Flo kutumiza zidziwitso zokankhira ku pulogalamuyi.
Ngati madzi akuyenda mofulumira kwambiri kapena motalika kwambiri, mudzalandira foni ya robo kuchokera ku likulu la Flo ndikukuchenjezani kuti pakhoza kukhala vuto komanso kuti chipangizo cha Flo chidzazimitsa madzi anu ngati simukuyankha. Ngati muli kunyumba panthawiyo ndipo mukudziwa kuti palibe cholakwika - mwina mwathirira dimba lanu kapena mukutsuka galimoto yanu, mwachitsanzo - mutha kungodina 2 pa kiyibodi ya foni yanu kuti muchedwetse kuyimitsa kwa maola awiri. Ngati simuli kunyumba ndipo mukuganiza kuti pangakhale vuto lalikulu, mutha kutseka valavu kuchokera pa pulogalamuyi kapena dikirani mphindi zingapo ndikumulola Flo kuti akuchitireni.
Ndikadakhala ndi valavu yanzeru ngati Flo yoyikidwa pomwe chitoliro changa chaphulika, ndizotsimikizika kuti ndikadachepetsa kuchuluka kwa zowonongeka zomwe zidachitika ku garaja yanga ndi zomwe zili mkati mwake. Ndizovuta kunena mwatsatanetsatane momwe kutayikirako kungawonongeko pang'ono, komabe, chifukwa Flo sachitapo kanthu nthawi yomweyo. Ndipo simungafune kuti izi zitero, chifukwa zingakupangitseni misala ndi ma alarm abodza. Momwe zilili, ndidakumana nazo zingapo pakuyesa kwanga kwa Flo kwa miyezi ingapo, makamaka chifukwa ndinalibe wowongolera ulimi wothirira wokonzekera kubzala nthawi yayitali.
Ma algorithm a Flo amadalira njira zodziwikiratu, ndipo ndimakonda kukhala wosakhazikika ndikadzathirira malo anga. Nyumba yanga ili pakati pa malo okwana maekala asanu (ogawanika kuchokera ku malo a maekala 10 omwe kale anali famu ya mkaka). Ndilibe udzu, koma ndili ndi mitengo yambiri, tchire lamaluwa, ndi zitsamba. Ndinkathirira madziwa ndi njira yothirira, koma agologolo amatafuna mabowo m'mipaipi yapulasitiki. Panopa ndikuthirira ndi sprinkler yolumikizidwa ku payipi mpaka ndimatha kupeza njira yokhazikika yotsimikizira agologolo. Ndimayesetsa kukumbukira kuyika Flo mumayendedwe ake "ogona" ndisanachite izi, kuti valavu isayambitse kuyimba kwa robo, koma sindimakhala wopambana nthawi zonse.
Mzere wanga waukulu wamadzi ndi woyimirira, zomwe zidapangitsa kuti Flo akhazikitsidwe mozondoka kuti madzi ayende bwino. Mwamwayi, kugwirizana kwa magetsi ndi kothina madzi.
Ngati mukudziwa kuti simukhala panyumba kuti mupite kukacheza-patchuthi, mwachitsanzo-ndipo osagwiritsa ntchito madzi ambiri, mutha kuyika Flo mu "away" mode. Munthawi imeneyi, valavu imayankha mwachangu ku zochitika zachilendo.
Valve yanzeru ndi theka chabe la nkhani ya Flo. Mutha kugwiritsa ntchito pulogalamu ya Flo kukhazikitsa zolinga zogwiritsira ntchito madzi ndikutsata momwe mumagwiritsira ntchito madzi motsutsana ndi zolingazo tsiku ndi tsiku, mlungu uliwonse, ndi mwezi uliwonse. Pulogalamuyi idzapereka zidziwitso nthawi iliyonse yomwe madzi agwiritsidwa ntchito kwambiri kapena nthawi yayitali, pamene madzi akutuluka, valavu ikasiya intaneti (monga momwe zingatheke pamene magetsi azima, mwachitsanzo), ndi zochitika zina zofunika. Zidziwitso izi zalowetsedwa mu lipoti la zochitika pamodzi ndi zotsatira za kuyezetsa thanzi latsiku ndi tsiku.
Ndikofunika kuzindikira apa, komabe, kuti Flo sangakuuzeni komwe madzi akutuluka. Pakuwunika kwanga, Flo anafotokoza molondola za kutayikira kwakung'ono mu makina anga a mapaipi, koma zinali kwa ine kuti ndifufuze. Wolakwayo anali chimbudzi chotopa pachimbudzi mu bafa yanga ya alendo, koma popeza bafa ili pafupi ndi ofesi yanga, ndinali nditamva chimbudzi chikuthamanga ngakhale Flo asananene za vutoli. Kupeza faucet ya m'nyumba yotayira mwina sikungakhale kovuta kupeza, mwina, koma payipi yotayira kunja kwa nyumba kungakhale kovuta kwambiri kuizindikira.
Mukayika valavu ya Flo, pulogalamuyi idzakufunsani kuti mupange mbiri ya nyumba yanu poyankha mafunso okhudza kukula kwa nyumba yanu, ndi pansi zingati, ndi zinthu zotani zomwe zili nazo (monga kuchuluka kwa mabafa ndi mashawa, ndi ngati muli ndi dziwe kapena mphika wotentha), ngati muli ndi chotsukira mbale, ngati firiji yanu ili ndi icemaker, komanso mutakhala ndi chotenthetsera chamadzi chopanda thanki. Idzapereka lingaliro lakugwiritsa ntchito madzi. Ndili ndi anthu awiri omwe amakhala kunyumba kwanga, pulogalamu ya Flo idapereka cholinga cha magaloni 240 patsiku. Izi zikugwirizana ndi kuyerekezera kwa US Geological Survey kwa 80 mpaka 100 magaloni a madzi akumwa pa munthu patsiku, koma ndinapeza kuti nyumba yanga imagwiritsa ntchito zambiri kuposa masiku omwe ndimathirira malo anga. Mukhoza kukhazikitsa cholinga chanu pazomwe mukuganiza kuti n'zoyenera ndikuzitsatira.
Flo imapereka ntchito yolembetsa, FloProtect ($ 5 pamwezi), yomwe imakupatsirani chidziwitso chozama pakugwiritsa ntchito madzi anu. Limaperekanso mapindu ena anayi. Choyambirira, chotchedwa Fixtures (chomwe chikadali mu beta), chikulonjeza kusanthula momwe mumagwiritsira ntchito madzi ndikukonzekera, zomwe ziyenera kupangitsa kuti zikhale zosavuta kukwaniritsa zolinga zanu zogwiritsira ntchito madzi. Zosintha zimasanthula mayendedwe amadzi kuti zizindikire momwe madzi anu akugwiritsidwira ntchito: Ndi magaloni angati omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito kutsuka zimbudzi; kuchuluka kwa kuthirira m'mipopi yanu, mashawa, ndi mabafa anu; kuchuluka kwa madzi omwe zipangizo zanu (chochapira, chotsukira mbale) zimagwiritsira ntchito; ndi magaloni angati omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito pa ulimi wothirira.
Zosintha zikuphatikizidwa muutumiki wolembetsa wa FloProtect. Imayesetsa kuzindikira momwe mumagwiritsira ntchito madzi.
Ma aligorivimu sanali othandiza kwambiri pachiyambi ndipo amangowonjezera madzi anga ambiri m'gulu la "ena." Koma nditathandiza pulogalamuyo kuzindikira momwe ndimagwiritsira ntchito - pulogalamuyo imasintha momwe mumagwiritsira ntchito madzi pa ola lililonse, ndipo mutha kuyikanso chochitika chilichonse - idakhala yolondola kwambiri. Sichili bwino, koma chiri pafupi kwambiri, ndipo chinandithandiza kuzindikira kuti mwina ndikuwononga madzi ambiri pa ulimi wothirira.
Kulembetsa kwa $ 60 pachaka kumakupatsaninso mwayi wobweza inshuwaransi ya eni nyumba yanu ngati mutayika kuwonongeka kwamadzi (yokwana $2,500 komanso ndi zoletsa zina zomwe mungawerenge pano). Ubwino wotsalawo ndi wocheperako pang'ono: Mumapeza zowonjezera zaka ziwiri za chitsimikizo chazinthu (chitsimikizo cha chaka chimodzi ndi chokhazikika), mutha kupempha kalata yokhazikika kuti mupereke ku kampani yanu ya inshuwaransi yomwe ingakuyenerezeni kuchotsera premium (ngati inshuwaransi yanu ikupatsani kuchotsera koteroko), ndipo ndinu oyenera kuyang'aniridwa mwachidwi ndi "concierge wamadzi" yemwe angakupatseni mayankho kumavuto anu amadzi.
Flo si valve yotsika mtengo kwambiri yotsekera madzi pamsika. Phyn Plus imawononga $850, ndipo Buoy imawononga $515, kuphatikiza kulembetsa kovomerezeka $18-pamwezi pakatha chaka choyamba (tinayang'anebe chilichonse mwazinthuzo). Koma $499 ndi ndalama zambiri. Ndikoyeneranso kutchula kuti Flo samamangiriza mu masensa omwe angazindikire mwachindunji kukhalapo kwa madzi komwe sayenera kukhala, monga pansi kuchokera ku sinki yosefukira, bafa, kapena chimbudzi; kapena kuchokera ku makina ochapira otayira kapena osatha, makina ochapira, kapena chotenthetsera chamadzi otentha. Ndipo madzi ambiri amatha kutuluka pachitoliro chophulika Flo asanamveke alamu kapena kuchita yekha ngati simutero.
Kumbali ina, nyumba zambiri zili pangozi yaikulu ya kuwonongeka kwa madzi kusiyana ndi moto, nyengo, kapena chivomezi. Kuzindikira ndikuyimitsa kutayikira kowopsa kwamadzi kumatha kukupulumutsirani ndalama zambiri kutengera inshuwaransi yanu yochotsedwa; mwina chofunika kwambiri, chingalepheretse kutayika kwa katundu wanu ndi kusokoneza kwakukulu kwa moyo wanu komwe kuphulika kwa chitoliro chamadzi kungayambitse. Kuzindikira kudontha kwakung'ono kumatha kukupulumutsirani ndalama pabilu yanu yamadzi pamwezi, inunso; osatchulanso kuchepetsa kukhudzidwa kwanu pa chilengedwe.
Flo imateteza nyumba yanu ku kuwonongeka kwa madzi komwe kumachitika chifukwa cha kuchucha pang'onopang'ono komanso kulephera koopsa, komanso kukuchenjezani za zinyalala zamadzi. Koma ndi okwera mtengo ndipo sichidzakuchenjezani za kutolera madzi m’malo amene sayenera kukhala.
Michael amafotokoza za nyimbo zanzeru zapanyumba, zosangalatsa zapakhomo, komanso zochezera kunyumba, akugwira ntchito m'nyumba yanzeru yomwe adamanga mu 2007.
TechHive imakuthandizani kupeza malo anu okoma aukadaulo. Timakutsogolerani kuzinthu zomwe mungakonde ndikukuwonetsani momwe mungapindulire nazo.
Nthawi yotumiza: Jul-03-2019
