He rauemi utu nui te wai, engari he tūmomo mōrearea kino pea mēnā ka puta ki ngā wāhi hē o tō whare, inā koa i roto i te āhua kāore e taea te whakahaere. Kua whakamatautauria e au te takirere wai atamai a Flo by Moen mō ngā marama kua pahure ake nei, ā, ka taea e au te kī kua penapenahia e au he nui te wā me te moni mēnā i tāutahia e au i ētahi tau kua pahure. Engari ehara i te mea tino pai. Ā, ehara i te mea iti te utu.
I te tino māmā, ka kitea e Flo, ka whakatūpato hoki i a koe mō te turuturu wai. Ka mutu hoki te puna wai matua mēnā ka puta he āhuatanga kino, pērā i te pakaru o te paipa. He āhuatanga tēnā kua pā ki ahau. I te takurua, i tio, i pakaru hoki te paipa i te tuanui o taku karāti i a māua ko taku wahine e haere ana. I hoki māua i muri i ētahi rā, ā, kua pakaru te roto o tā māua karāti katoa, me te wai tonu e pupuhi ana mai i te pakaru o te paipa parahi i te tuanui, he iti iho i te kotahi inihi te roa.
I whakahoutia i te 8 o Pēpuere, 2019 hei pūrongo kua whakatūria e Flo Technologies he hononga rautaki ki a Moen, ā, kua whakaingoatia anō tēnei hua ko Flo by Moen.
I tino mākū katoa te inihi tapawhā o te pakitara pakitara, ā, he nui te wai i te tuanui, ā, i te āhua nei kei te ua i roto (tirohia te whakaahua, i raro nei). Ko te nuinga o ngā mea i rongoatia e mātou i roto i te karāti, tae atu ki ētahi taonga tawhito, ngā taputapu mahi rakau hiko, me ngā taputapu māra, kua pakaru. Me whakakapi anō hoki ngā whakatuwhera tatau karāti me ngā rama katoa. Neke atu i te $28,000 tā mātou kereme inihua whakamutunga, ā, he maha ngā marama i pau ki te whakamaroke me te whakakapi i ngā mea katoa. Me i tāutahia he takirere atamai i taua wā, kua iti ake te kino.
Nā te hukapapa wai i tio, kātahi ka pahū i te wā e ngaro ana te kaituhi i te kāinga mō ētahi rā, neke atu i te $28,000 te kino o te hanganga me ōna taonga.
Ko te Flo he takirere hiko e tāutahia ana e koe ki te raina wai matua (1.25-inihi, iti iho rānei) e tomo ana ki tō whare. Ka taea e koe te mahi i tēnei, mena kei te pai koe ki te tapahi i te paipa e tuku ana i te wai ki tō whare, engari e taunaki ana a Flo kia tāutahia he taputapu ngaio. Kāore au i pai ki te whakamātau i tētahi tūponotanga, nō reira i tonoa atu e Flo tētahi kaimahi paipa ngaio mō te mahi (kāore te tāutanga i roto i te utu $499 o te hua).
Kei a Flo tētahi urutau Wi-Fi 2.4GHz kei runga i te pūnaha, nō reira he mea nui kia whai pouara ahokore kaha koe hei whakawhānui i tō whatunga ki waho. Mōku nei, he pūnaha Wi-Fi mata Linksys Velop e toru ngā pūnga, me tētahi pūwāhi urunga kei roto i te rūma moe matua. Kei tērā taha o tētahi o ngā pakitara o te rūma moe te raina wai matua, nō reira he kaha rawa te tohu Wi-Fi hei mahi i te takirere (kāore he kōwhiringa ethernet waea-pūmau).
Me whai putanga hiko AC anō hoki koe e tata ana ki tō raina hiko hei whakakaha i te takirere hiko a Flo me tana urutau Wi-Fi. Kua oti te ārai i te rangi te takirere atamai a Flo, ā, he pereki hiko ā-roto tōna, nō reira ka uru ngāwari te mono hiko i te pito ki roto i te taupoki ipu o waho, he momo mirumiru. I whiriwhiria e au kia mono ki roto i te putanga i roto i te kāpata o waho kei reira taku whakamahana wai kore-tāke e tāutahia ana.
Mena kāore he putanga hiko o waho e tata ana ki tō whare, me whakaaro koe me pēhea te whakakaha i te takirere. Mena ka whakatau koe ki te tāuta i tētahi putanga hiko, kia tino whakamahia he tauira GFCI (kaiwhakakore hiko whenua-hapa) hei tiaki i a koe anō. Heoi anō, ka tukuna e Flo he taura toronga 25-putu te roa kua whakamanahia mō te $12 (ka taea e koe te whakamahi i te whā o ēnei mēnā me tino hiahia koe).
Mena kei tawhiti tō paipa wai i te putanga hiko, ka taea e koe te hono atu i te toru o ēnei taura toronga 25-putu te roa hei tae atu ki te putanga hiko.
Ka inehia e ngā pūoko i roto i te takirere Flo te pēhanga wai, te pāmahana wai, me te tere o te rere o te wai i roto i te takirere—i te wā e rere ana te wai (e inehia ana i roto i ngā karani ia meneti). Ka whakahaerehia hoki e te takirere he "whakamātautau hauora" o ia rā, e kati ana i te puna wai o tō whare, kātahi ka aroturukihia te hekenga o te pēhanga wai e tohu ana kei te wehe atu te wai i ō paipa i tua atu i te takirere. Ko te tikanga ka mahia te whakamātautau i waenganui pō, i tētahi atu wā rānei kua mōhio ngā rauropi a Flo kāore koe e whakahaere wai. Ki te tahuri koe i te taputapu, ki te horoi i te wharepaku, ki tētahi atu mea rānei i te wā e haere ana te whakamātautau, ka mutu te whakamātautau, ā, ka tuwhera anō te takirere, kia kore ai koe e raruraru.
Ka ripoata te papatohu whakahaere Flo i te pēhanga wai o tō whare, te pāmahana wai, me te tere rere o te ia. Mena kei te whakapae koe he raruraru, ka taea e koe te whakaweto i te takirere mai i konei.
Ka tukuna katoatia ēnei mōhiohio ki te kapua, ka whakahokia ki te taupānga Flo i runga i tō pūrere Android, iOS rānei. He maha ngā āhuatanga ka raru ai aua inenga: Mēnā ka heke te pēhanga wai ki raro rawa, he tohu pea kei te raru te pūtake wai, he nui rawa rānei, ka pāngia ō paipa wai; ka tino makariri te wai, ka tūpono te huka o ō paipa (ka piki ake te pēhanga wai i te paipa huka); ka rere te wai i te tere teitei, he tohu pea kei pakaru te paipa. Mā ēnei āhuatanga ka tukuna he whakamōhiotanga pana e ngā tūmau a Flo ki te taupānga.
Ki te tere rawa te rere o te wai, ki te roa rawa rānei, ka whiwhi koe i tētahi waea karetao mai i te tari matua o Flo e whakatūpato ana kei te raru pea, ā, ka whakaweto aunoa te taputapu Flo i tō puna wai mēnā kāore koe e whakautu. Mena kei te kāinga koe i taua wā, ā, e mōhio ana koe kāore he raru—tērā pea kei te whakamakuku koe i tō māra, kei te horoi rānei i tō waka, hei tauira—ka taea e koe te pēhi noa i te 2 i te papapātuhi o tō waea hei whakaroa i te whakaweto mō ngā haora e rua. Mena kāore koe i te kāinga, ā, e whakaaro ana koe kei te raru nui pea, ka taea e koe te kati i te takirere mai i te taupānga, te tatari rānei mō ētahi meneti, ā, tukua a Flo kia mahi māu.
Me i tāutahia e au he takirere atamai pērā i a Flo i te wā i pakaru ai taku paipa, tata tonu kua taea e au te whakawhāiti i te nui o te kino i pā ki taku karāti me ōna mea kei roto. Heoi, he uaua ki te kī tika me pēhea te iti o te kino i puta mai i te turuturu, nā te mea kāore a Flo e tauhohe wawe. Ā, kāore koe e hiahia kia pērā, nā te mea ki te kore ka haurangi koe i ngā whakaoho teka. I tēnei wā, he maha ngā mea i pā ki ahau i roto i taku whakamātautau maha-marama ki a Flo, ko te nuinga nā te mea kāore i a au he kaiwhakahaere whakamakuku ka taea te whakarite mō taku whenua i te nuinga o taua wā.
Ko te pūnaha a Flo e whakawhirinaki ana ki ngā tauira e taea te matapae, ā, he maha ngā wā ka koretake taku whakamakuku i taku whenua. Kei waenganui taku whare i tētahi whenua e rima eka te rahi (kua wehea mai i tētahi whenua 10 eka i mua he pāmu miraka kau). Kāore he papa tarutaru tuku iho i ahau, engari he maha āku rākau, he rakau rōhi, me ngā rakau iti. I whakamakuku ahau i ēnei ki te pūnaha whakamakuku maturuturu, engari i ngaua e ngā kiore whenua ngā kōhao i roto i ngā ngongo kirihou. Kei te whakamakuku ahau inaianei ki te whakamahi i tētahi pūwero e piri ana ki tētahi ngongo kia kitea rā anō e au tētahi otinga pumau ake, ātete ki ngā kiore. Ka ngana ahau ki te mahara ki te whakanoho i a Flo ki tōna aratau "moe" i mua i taku mahi i tēnei, kia kore ai e puta te karanga robo i te takirere, engari kāore au i te angitu i ngā wā katoa.
He poutū taku paipa wai matua, ā, nā tēnei i tāutahia ai te Flo ki raro kia rere ai te wai i te huarahi tika. He waimarie, he ātete wai te hononga hiko.
Ki te mōhio koe ka tawhiti koe i te kāinga mō tētahi wā roa—hei tauira, i te hararei—ā, kāore hoki e nui te wai e whakamahia ana e koe, ka taea e koe te whakanoho i a Flo ki te aratau "tawhiti". I tēnei āhua, ka tere ake te urupare a te takirere ki ngā āhuatanga rerekē.
Ko te takirere atamai he haurua noa iho o te kōrero mō Flo. Ka taea e koe te whakamahi i te taupānga Flo hei whakatakoto whāinga whakamahinga wai, me te aroturuki i tō whakamahinga wai ki aua whāinga i ia rā, i ia wiki, me ia marama. Ka tukuna e te taupānga ngā whakatūpato ina nui, ina roa rānei te whakamahinga wai, ina kitea ngā turuturu, ina motumotu te takirere (pērā i ngā mea ka puta i te wā e motu ana te hiko, hei tauira), me ētahi atu kaupapa nui. Ka tuhia ēnei whakatūpato ki roto i tētahi pūrongo mahi me ngā hua o ngā whakamātautau hauora o ia rā.
He mea nui kia mōhiotia i konei, heoi, kāore e taea e Flo te kī atu ki a koe te wāhi e turuturu ana te wai. I taku aromatawai, i kōrero tika a Flo mō tētahi turuturu iti i roto i taku pūnaha paipa, engari ko au te mea i whakatau. Ko te take he taupoki tawhito i runga i te wharepaku i roto i taku kaukau manuhiri, engari nā te mea kei te taha tonu o taku tari kāinga te kaukau, kua rongo ahau i te wharepaku e rere ana i mua i te pūrongo a Flo i te raruraru. Kāore pea i te uaua ki te kimi i tētahi taputapu o roto e turuturu ana, engari he uaua ake te tautuhi i tētahi paipa ngongo turuturu i waho o te whare.
Ina tāuta koe i te takirere Flo, ka tono te taupānga kia hangaia he kōtaha o tō whare mā te whakautu i ngā pātai mō te rahi o tō whare, e hia ngā papa, he aha ngā ratonga kei a ia (pēnei i te maha o ngā kaukau me ngā ua, me te mea he puna kaukau, he kaukau wera rānei tōu), mena he mīhini horoi rihi tōu, mena he mīhini hanga hukapapa tōu pouaka whakamātao, ahakoa he whakamahana wai kore tāke tōu. Kātahi ka tūtohu i tētahi whāinga whakamahinga wai. E rua ngā tāngata e noho ana i tōku kāinga, i tūtohu te taupānga Flo i tētahi whāinga 240 karani wai ia rā. E rite ana tēnei ki te whakatau tata a te US Geological Survey mō te 80 ki te 100 karani wai e whakamahia ana mō ia tangata ia rā, engari i kitea e au he nui ake te whakamahinga o tōku whare i tērā i ngā rā e whakamakuku ana ahau i aku whenua. Ka taea e koe te whakatakoto i tō ake whāinga ki tāu e whakaaro ana he tika, ā, ka aroturuki i taua whāinga.
Kei a Flo tētahi ratonga ohaurunga kōwhiringa, ko FloProtect ($5 ia marama), e whakarato ana i te tirohanga hohonu ake ki tō whakamahinga wai. E whā atu ngā painga e whakaratohia ana. Ko te āhuatanga matua, e kiia nei ko Fixtures (kei roto tonu i te beta), e oati ana ki te tātari i tō whakamahinga wai mā te fixture, e māmā ake ai te whakatutuki i ō whāinga whakamahinga wai. Ka tātarihia e Fixtures ngā tauira o te rere o te wai hei tautuhi i te whakamahinga o tō wai: E hia ngā karani e whakamahia ana hei horoi i ngā wharepaku; e hia ngā ringihanga mā roto i ō taputapu horoi, kaukau, me ngā kaukau; e hia te wai e whakamahia ana e ō taputapu (mīhini horoi, mīhini horoi rihi); me te hia ngā karani e whakamahia ana mō te whakamakuku.
Kei roto a Fixtures i te ratonga ohaurunga FloProtect kōwhiringa. E whai ana kia tautuhia te whakamahinga o te wai e koe.
Kāore i tino whai hua te raupaparorohiko i te tīmatanga, ā, ka whakarōpū noa i te nuinga o taku wai e whakamahia ana ki te kāwai "kē atu". Engari i muri i te āwhina i te taupānga ki te tautuhi i aku tauira whakamahinga—ka whakahoutia e te taupānga tō whakamahinga wai i ia hāora, ā, ka taea e koe te whakarōpū anō i ia huihuinga—ka tere ake te tika. Kāore anō kia tino tika, engari he tata tonu, ā, i āwhina i ahau kia mōhio kei te moumou nui rawa ahau i te wai ki te whakamakuku.
Mā te ohaurunga $60 ia tau ka āhei koe ki te whakahoki mai i te utu inihua o tō whare mēnā ka pāngia koe e te kino wai (e $2,500 te herenga, me ētahi atu here ka taea e koe te pānui i konei). He paku ngohengohe ake ngā painga e toe ana: Ka whiwhi koe i ētahi atu tau e rua o te whakamana hua (he whakamana kotahi tau te paerewa), ka taea e koe te tono i tētahi reta ritenga hei whakaatu ki tō kamupene inihua hei tohu i a koe mō te hekenga i runga i tō piremi (mēnā ka tukuna e tō kaiwhakarato inihua tētahi hekenga pēnei), ā, ka taea e koe te aro turuki matatau e tētahi "kaitiaki wai" ka taea te tuku whakaaro mō ō take wai.
Ehara a Flo i te mea tino utu nui mō te aukati wai aunoa i te mākete. Ko te utu mō Phyn Plus he $850, ā, ko te utu mō Buoy he $515, me te ohaurunga $18 ia marama i muri i te tau tuatahi (kāore anō kia arotakehia e mātou tētahi o aua hua). Engari he haumitanga nui te $499. He mea tika hoki kia kīia kāore a Flo e hono ana ki ngā pūoko e kitea tika ai te wai i ngā wāhi kāore e tika ana kia noho, pērā i runga i te papa mai i te totohu e puea ake ana, i te kaukau, i te wharepaku rānei; mai i te mīhini horoi rihi e turuturu ana, e pakaru ana rānei, i te mīhini horoi kakahu, i te whakamahana wai wera rānei. Ā, he nui te wai ka puta mai i te paipa pakaru i mua i te tangi o te whakaoho a Flo, i te mahi rānei i a ia anō mēnā kāore koe e mahi.
I tētahi atu taha, he nui ake te mōrearea o te nuinga o ngā whare ki te kino o te wai i te ahi, te huarere, te rū whenua rānei. Mā te kimi me te aukati i te turuturu wai kino ka taea e koe te penapena moni nui i runga i tō moni tango inihua; he mea nui ake pea, ka taea e ia te ārai i te ngaronga o ngā taonga whaiaro me te whakararuraru nui ki tō oranga ka puta mai i te pakaru o te paipa wai. Mā te kimi i ngā turuturu iti ka taea e koe te penapena moni i runga i tō pire wai ia marama; me te kore e whakahua i te whakaiti i tō pānga ki te taiao.
Ka tiakina tō whare e Flo mai i ngā kino wai e puta mai ana i ngā turuturu puhoi me ngā pakaru kino, ā, ka whakatūpato anō hoki i a koe ki ngā para wai. Engari he utu nui, ā, e kore e whakatūpato i a koe mō te kohi wai i ngā wāhi kāore e tika ana kia kohia.
Ka kōrero a Michael mō te whare atamai, te whakangahau kāinga, me te whatunga kāinga, i a ia e mahi ana i te whare atamai i hangaia e ia i te tau 2007.
Mā TechHive koe e āwhina ki te kimi i te wāhi pai rawa atu mō te hangarau. Ka ārahi mātou i a koe ki ngā hua e pai ana ki a koe, ā, ka whakaaturia hoki ki a koe me pēhea te whakamahi pai i aua hua.
Te wā tuku: Hōngongoi-03-2019