Wire-free leak detection: The cost-effective and simple way to protect IT equipment from a flood in the data centre
The Packet Power Wireless Leak Detector is rope-based and designed to identify and respond to conductive fluid leaks in real-time. The wire-free radio system can reliably monitor areas in the data centre that are susceptible to leaks. As soon as the sensing rope comes into contact with water, warnings are automatically sent by the dedicated EMX management tool, third party BMS or DCIM application so that the data centre personnel can take immediate action to avoid structural or hardware damage, data loss and downtime. The Packet Power Leak Detector prevents a drop of water becoming a tidal wave of problems in the data centre.
The leak detection solution can be seamlessly integrated into the wire-free radio monitoring system from Packet Power. The Packet Power Leak Sensor Rope works with the Wireless Leak Detector (LDWN2-0000) to identify and respond to leaks in real-time. Each Leak Sensor Rope comes pre-crimped with the proper connectors on each end, ready to interconnect into your custom leak detection system.
Optimal loads, perfect cooling and improved safety
The particular highlight of the leak, environmental and power monitoring modules is that these are not connected via cable to each other. As soon as they are activated the monitoring devices instantly begin to share information via a self-configuring wire-free radio mesh network. All measurement data is wirelessly gathered by a system gateway that simply uses the SNMP or Modbus TCP/IP protocol to transmit the data to the EMX-GUI or a third party BMS or DCIM tool. With this information DC and facility experts have all important power usage and environmental parameters available at a glance. They are able to balance loads and to control temperature, humidity and pressure at their cabinets perfectly – and by using the leak detection system they are also able to minimise leak risks.
Highlights Wireless Leak Detector
- Reliable monitoring of areas that are susceptible to leaks
- Wireless Leak Detector module connects to one or more lengths of Leak Sensor Rope, chained together in a modular configuration, up to 30 m length
- Continuous monitoring of leak sensor rope connection and integrity
- Automatic sensor length detection and reporting, from 1 m-30 m
- Redundant, dual leak presence and leak position detection
- Modular, extensible sensor configurations can be customised for each setup
- Wireless Connectivity via Packet Power’s mesh network (860-930 MHz & 2.4 GHz), featuring frequency hopping, self-configuration, load-balancing
- EMX Energy Portal features real-time and historical data, custom reports, dashboards, alerts, etc. (cloud subscription or local installation)
Key Applications of Packet Power’s Wireless Leak Detection solution
- Perimeter Leak Detection
- Cabinet Leak Detection
- Pump Station Monitoring
- HVAC Condensation Detection
- Plumbing Junction Monitoring