My involvement in water detection

　　I was first asked to design a water detection system in the late 70’s whilst working as for Vikingshaw Products Ltd. Our Mother company Vikingshaw Ltd at that time built computer rooms around the country and Vinkshaw Products supplied them with Power Distribution Units etc.

　　The first systems were simple in there design being DC based with PCBS for sensors and control units with a simple buzzer and lamp. Unfortunately it wasn’t long before I discovered that DC was not the correct way to detect water as our sensor copper tracks would disappear if left in water for a few hours. It was from this point that I used an AC signal in the sensors to stop them eroding away. In the Early 80’s I went into partnership and started a company called Wayscale Ltd.

　　During the 80’s, 90’s I developed a process to manufacture water detection cable and alarm systems to display water leaks from one to 128 different areas or zones. The top of the range multi zone control unit used addressable outstations with four independent water detection zones and a 24 alpha numeric display to advise of the water leak location in words and numbers. In 2003 and by mutual consent both my partner and myself decided to stop trading and closed down the factory. As part of the breakup of Wayscale, I took with me the product design rights including the manufacture of the water detection cable and started CMR electrical Ltd with two of my sons. From 2003 to the present, developments have mainly been with the alarm controller due to the improvements in electronics. During the past three decades I have been responsible for the design of thousands of water detection systems which have been installed in every application imaginable from large government security buildings through to small server rooms in the UK and abroad.

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