can this be used outdoor to detect when the ground is very wet?
1045076
I have three of these in my vacation home to detect water leaks. It it meant for indoor use to be placed on a flat surface. It has two metal electrodes that when sitting in water completes a circuit. If you placed it outdoors It may or may not work but it would surely malfunction if left exposed for any length of time.
1045077
This is an indoor only sensor - it's not made for the elements, not water tight etc. in fact I wrapped the seams in electrical tape just to make sure water didn't get in the unit. My application is using one in my laundry and one in the room with my water heater and basement drain.
1045078
No, I don't think so. There are multiple reasons why .... in general it is built for "basement" applications.
277082
There is nothing on the package that says not for outdoor use. However I don't think I would let it get wet. Maybe use it under a patio or garage
392511
I suppose you could try it on a covered deck but I don't know about outside because of rain or dew. The directions say not to use it in wet areas. I don't know how effective it would be outside because it is only made to cover an area the size of a large room. The directions say to use more than 1 for more area or if walls would block the signal from the entire area you want to cover.
129372
Yes, but it does not work well outdoors. There will be a lot of static. Not sure why.
1572710
This product appears to be no more suitable for use outdoors than any other product not made specifically for such use. There is no provision for maintaining a dry connection for the sockets and it is unlikely that the switch would be water-proof.
456931
I am not sure. My sensor is only 1 foot away and it turns itself on. It also senses moisture in the humid northeast and will sometimes turn on when it is raining outside and the windows are open. It probably will sense moisture from shower, but it may take awhile to work it's way over to the sensor.
1922160
I haven't used it with a moisture sensor, but even better than that if you connect it to the web as you should, it will pick up the weather from a local weather station and only water when it isn't raining. You can set how long to switch off if it has rained. Much more reliable than a moisture sensor I think! (I love this device by the way)
1103883
The switch is not wet location rated, but it can be used with a weatherproof box and cover. The switch may fail prematurely if you're in a humid area.
1832150
The device itself is not waterproof as the outer case is just 2 pieces of plastic that are snapped together. It is intended to detect small amounts of water (that could turn into larger amounts) before it becomes a problem. If it were to be completely submerged, it doubt it would work (for very long).
2025044
No it isn't suited for use in or around salt water. It's a very durable unit and all that but the conductivity of saltwater requires a detector designed to handle that application specifically. I have used mine on the beaches around where I live. That must be above the tide line in soil and rocky areas well above the brackish water table and it works well for that. As soon as you find salt water within the detection limits of the unit you are bound to have problems.
1581206
The metal detector will work fine in all terrains, the only things that will mess with it are areas that re high in metal content. Water puddles might not work real well either.
691375
No, I wouldn't use this outdoors. I would buy a grounded timer specifically rated for outdoor use.
646835
A one-inch hole would be plenty. If you would prefer a smaller hole, how about: 1) Clip the cable so that the sensor plate is no longer attached. 2) There are two wires in the cable; clip one of the two wires 1/4" shorter than the other. 3) Strip off some insulation from each of the two wires. Be sure not to strip so much off the longer wire that the shorter wire can touch the longer wire's bare metal, and thus sound a false alarm. Once you've done that, you could probably shove the wire through a very tiny hole and it would still do a fine job of detecting water.
1291904
While the unit does work well, I would NOT use the item in an outdoor application. It is not designed for un sheltered environments.
1260842
Not really. Its not designed to do so. It may but there is no way to tell if it is wiring or something else. The instructions give a warning that what it detects could be a stud, pipe, wire or other objects
1957617
Definitely not for outdoor. Check out this one. Same feature but for outdoor.http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0047CKAN4?cache=40d06dd27a98aca3bc47a468517e9a74#ref=pd_aw_sim_p_1
839327
I took mine on saltwater beaches about 2 moths ago in Florida. The detector worked very well in dry sand but as soon as you step foot on wet sand, the detector gives a bunch of false signals. I found that if you turn the detector off and back on again, it will do a little better, but you have to discriminate out iron, foil, tab, and nickel for it to give no false signals.