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Monitor Moisture Through Cloud-Based Remote Technology

Special thanks to my customers Ben Bogie and Dan Kolbert for this video and their kind words of praise for our products.  

Chris Hoogenboom

 

Case Study - Embedding Temperature, Humidity and Moisture sensor in a Brick Wall

These photos were submitted by customers doing a joint collaboration to monitor moisture and temperature inside the solid brick walls of a listed London townhouse. Harry Paticas, director of Arboreal Architecture worked with Andy Simmonds, CEO of AECB, the Sustainable Building Association.  The main contractor was Noble & Taylor. By hermetically sealing the sensor into a cavity in the brick wall, equilibrium RH can be monitored.  Mounting the Sensor's moisture content probes to the wood block, then sistering the wood block to the brick gives further information about the brick's moisture content and will be representative of the moisture content that other timber in the structure will equilibriate to when in contact with the brick in the wall system.  Because the sensor is wireless and has a typical 15 year battery life it can be completey hidden and embedded into the structure with no wires and no need to provide future access for battery changes.


 

OmniSense HygroTrac Sensor Temperature Humidity and Moisture Content sensor embedded in a wall system

 


OmniSense GE HygroTrac Temperature. Humidity Moisture Sensor Embeddded in Brick Wall System



OmniSense GE HygroTrac Temperature. Humidity Moisture Sensor Embeddded in Brick Wall System


OmniSense GE HygroTrac Temperature. Humidity Moisture Sensor Embeddded in Brick Wall System


OmniSense GE HygroTrac Temperature. Humidity Moisture Sensor Embeddded in Brick Wall System

Typical OmniSense Sensor Moisture, Temperature and Humidity Sensor installation

Some typical sensor installations around windows and plumbing supply and drain pipes.


 

Typical OmniSense Sensor Moisture, Temperature and Humidity Sensor installation

Typical OmniSense Sensor Moisture, Temperature and Humidity Sensor installation

Typical OmniSense Sensor Moisture, Temperature and Humidity Sensor installation

Typical OmniSense Sensor Moisture, Temperature and Humidity Sensor installation

Typical OmniSense Sensor Moisture, Temperature and Humidity Sensor installation