Madzi ndi chinthu chamtengo wapatali komanso chodula, koma akhoza kukhala oopsa ngati apezeka m'malo olakwika m'nyumba mwanu, makamaka mosalamulirika. Ndakhala ndikuyesa valavu yamadzi ya Flo by Moen kwa miyezi ingapo yapitayi ndipo ndinganene kuti ikanandipulumutsa nthawi ndi ndalama zambiri ndikanayika zaka zingapo zapitazo. Koma si yangwiro. Ndipo si yotsika mtengo kwenikweni.
Mwachidule, Flo adzazindikira ndikukuchenjezani za kutayikira kwa madzi. Idzatsekanso madzi anu akuluakulu pakagwa ngozi, monga chitoliro chophulika. Ndi zomwe ndakumana nazo ndekha. Chitoliro chomwe chinali padenga la garaja yanga chinazizira ndikuphulika nthawi ina yozizira pamene ine ndi mkazi wanga tinkayenda. Tinabwerera patapita masiku angapo ndipo tinapeza mkati mwa garaja yathu yonse yawonongeka, madzi akutulukabe kuchokera ku chitoliro cha mkuwa chomwe chinali chochepera inchi imodzi padenga.
Yasinthidwa pa 8 February, 2019 kuti inene kuti Flo Technologies yapanga mgwirizano wanzeru ndi Moen ndipo yasintha dzina la chinthu ichi kukhala Flo ndi Moen.
Chipinda chilichonse chosungiramo zinthu zomangira nyumba chinali chonyowa, ndi madzi ambiri padenga moti zinkaoneka ngati mvula ikugwa mkati (onani chithunzi pansipa). Zinthu zambiri zomwe tinasunga m'garaja, kuphatikizapo mipando yakale, zida zamagetsi zogwirira ntchito zamatabwa, ndi zida zolima m'munda, zinawonongeka. Zotsegulira zitseko za garaja ndi magetsi onse zinayenera kusinthidwa. Ndalama yathu yomaliza ya inshuwaransi inapitirira $28,000, ndipo zinatenga miyezi kuti chilichonse chiume ndikusinthidwa. Tikanakhala ndi valavu yanzeru panthawiyo, sipakanakhala kuwonongeka kwakukulu.
Chitoliro cha madzi chomwe chinazizira kenako n’kuphulika pamene wolembayo anali kutali ndi kwawo kwa masiku angapo chinapangitsa kuti nyumbayo ndi zomwe zinali mkati mwake ziwonongeke ndi ndalama zoposa $28,000.
Flo imakhala ndi valavu ya injini yomwe mumayika pa chingwe chachikulu cha madzi (mainchesi 1.25 kapena kuchepera) pofika m'nyumba mwanu. Mutha kuchita izi nokha, ngati muli omasuka kudula chitoliro chomwe chimapatsa nyumba yanu madzi, koma Flo akulangiza kuyika kwa akatswiri. Sindinkafuna kutenga mwayi uliwonse, choncho Flo anatumiza katswiri wa mapaipi kuti akagwire ntchitoyo (kuyika sikuphatikizidwa pamtengo wa $499 wa chinthucho).
Flo ili ndi adaputala ya Wi-Fi ya 2.4GHz, kotero ndikofunikira kuti mukhale ndi rauta yolimba yopanda zingwe yomwe ingakulitsire netiweki yanu panja. Ine, ndili ndi makina a Wi-Fi a Linksys Velop okhala ndi ma node atatu, okhala ndi malo olowera m'chipinda chachikulu chogona. Mzere waukulu wamadzi uli mbali ina ya khoma la chipinda chogona, kotero chizindikiro changa cha Wi-Fi chinali champhamvu kwambiri kuti chigwire ntchito pa valavu (palibe njira ya ethernet yolumikizidwa ndi waya).
Mudzafunikanso malo otulutsira magetsi pafupi ndi chingwe chanu choperekera magetsi kuti muyatse valavu ya Flo ya injini ndi adaputala yake ya Wi-Fi. Vavu yanzeru ya Flo imasinthidwa bwino, ndipo ili ndi njerwa yamagetsi yolumikizidwa, kotero pulagi yamagetsi kumapeto kwake imalowa mosavuta mkati mwa chivundikiro chakunja chofanana ndi thovu. Ndinasankha kuilumikiza mu malo otulutsira magetsi mkati mwa chipinda chakunja komwe chotenthetsera madzi changa chopanda thanki chimayikidwa.
Ngati nyumba yanu ilibe chotulutsira madzi chakunja pafupi, muyenera kudziwa momwe mungayambitsire magetsi pa valavu. Ngati mwasankha kukhazikitsa chotulutsira madzi, onetsetsani kuti mwagwiritsa ntchito chitsanzo cha GFCI (ground-fault circuit interrupter) kuti mudziteteze nokha. Kapenanso, Flo imapereka chingwe chowonjezera cha mamita 25 chovomerezeka pamtengo wa $12 (mungagwiritse ntchito mpaka anayi mwa awa pamodzi ngati mukufunikiradi).
Ngati chingwe chanu cha madzi chili kutali ndi malo otulutsira madzi amagetsi, mutha kulumikiza zingwe zitatu zokulirapo za mamita 25 kuti mufike pamalo otulutsira madzi.
Masensa mkati mwa valavu ya Flo amayesa kuthamanga kwa madzi, kutentha kwa madzi, ndipo—pamene madzi akuyenda kudzera mu valavu—kuthamanga kwa madzi (komwe kumayesedwa mu magaloni pamphindi). Vavu idzachitanso "kuyesa thanzi" tsiku ndi tsiku, pomwe imatseka madzi a m'nyumba mwanu kenako imayang'anira kuchepa kulikonse kwa kuthamanga kwa madzi komwe kungasonyeze kuti madzi akutuluka m'mapaipi anu kwinakwake kupitirira valavu. Kuyezetsaku kumachitika pakati pausiku kapena nthawi ina pamene ma algorithm a Flo adziwa kuti nthawi zambiri simumayendetsa madzi. Ngati mutsegula pompo, kutsuka chimbudzi, kapena zomwe mumachita pamene mayeso akuchitika, mayesowo adzayima ndipo valavuyo idzatsegulidwanso, kuti musavutike.
Pulogalamu yowongolera ya Flo imafotokoza za kuthamanga kwa madzi m'nyumba mwanu, kutentha kwa madzi, ndi kuchuluka kwa madzi omwe akuyenda. Ngati mukukayikira kuti pali vuto, mutha kuzimitsa valavu kuchokera pano.
Zonsezi zimatumizidwa ku mtambo ndikubwerera ku pulogalamu ya Flo pa chipangizo chanu cha Android kapena iOS. Zochitika zingapo zingayambitse miyeso imeneyo kutsika kwambiri: Tiyerekeze kuti kuthamanga kwa madzi kumatsika kwambiri, kusonyeza kuti pakhoza kukhala vuto ndi gwero la madzi, kapena kukwera kwambiri, kuyika mphamvu pa mapaipi anu amadzi; madzi amazizira kwambiri, zomwe zimaika mapaipi anu pachiwopsezo cha kuzizira (paipi yozizira ingayambitsenso kuthamanga kwa madzi); kapena madzi amayenda mofulumira kwambiri, kusonyeza kuthekera kwa chitoliro chosweka. Zochitika zotere zingapangitse ma seva a Flo kutumiza chidziwitso chokakamiza ku pulogalamuyi.
Ngati madzi akuyenda mofulumira kwambiri kapena kwa nthawi yayitali, mudzalandira foni ya robo kuchokera ku likulu la Flo kukuchenjezani kuti pakhoza kukhala vuto ndipo chipangizo cha Flo chidzazimitsa chokha chitoliro chanu chamadzi ngati simuyankha. Ngati muli panyumba panthawiyo ndipo mukudziwa kuti palibe cholakwika—mwina mwakhala mukuthirira dimba lanu kapena kutsuka galimoto yanu, mwachitsanzo—mungathe kungodina 2 pa keypad ya foni yanu kuti muchedwetse kuzimitsa kwa maola awiri. Ngati simuli panyumba ndipo mukuganiza kuti pakhoza kukhala vuto lalikulu, mutha kutseka valavu kuchokera ku pulogalamuyo kapena kudikira mphindi zochepa ndikulola Flo kuti akuchitireni.
Ndikanakhala ndi valavu yanzeru ngati Flo yomwe inayikidwa pamene chitoliro changa chinaphulika, n'zosakayikitsa kuti ndikanachepetsa kuwonongeka komwe kwachitika pa garaja yanga ndi zomwe zili mkati mwake. Komabe, n'zovuta kunena molondola kuti kutayikirako kukanawononga bwanji, chifukwa Flo sachitapo kanthu nthawi yomweyo. Ndipo simungafune kuti zichitike, chifukwa zikanakupangitsani misala ndi ma alarm abodza. Komabe, ndinakumana ndi zingapo mwa izi panthawi yoyesa Flo kwa miyezi ingapo, makamaka chifukwa ndinalibe chowongolera kuthirira chomwe chingakonzedwe kuti chikhale malo anga nthawi yayitali.
Njira ya Flo imadalira mapangidwe odziwikiratu, ndipo nthawi zambiri ndimachita zinthu mosakhazikika pankhani yothirira malo anga. Nyumba yanga ili pakati pa malo okwana maekala asanu (ogawika pang'ono kuchokera ku malo okwana maekala 10 omwe kale anali famu ya mkaka). Ndilibe udzu wachikhalidwe, koma ndili ndi mitengo yambiri, zitsamba za maluwa, ndi zitsamba. Ndinkathirira izi ndi njira yothirira madzi, koma agologolo ophwanyika ankatafuna mabowo m'mapaipi apulasitiki. Tsopano ndikuthirira ndi chothirira chomwe chimamangiriridwa ku payipi mpaka nditapeza yankho lokhazikika komanso losagonjetseka. Ndimayesetsa kukumbukira kuyika Flo mu "tulo" ndisanachite izi, kuti valavu isayambitse kuyimba kwa robo, koma nthawi zina sindimachita bwino.
Mzere wanga waukulu wamadzi ndi woyima, zomwe zinapangitsa kuti Flo iikidwe mozondoka kuti madzi aziyenda bwino. Mwamwayi, kulumikizana kwa magetsi sikunatseke madzi.
Ngati mukudziwa kuti mudzakhala kutali ndi nyumba kwa nthawi yayitali—mwachitsanzo pa tchuthi—ndipo simugwiritsa ntchito madzi ambiri, mutha kuyika Flo mu "kutali". Mu mkhalidwe uwu, valavu idzayankha mwachangu kwambiri pazochitika zachilendo.
Valavu yanzeru ndi theka lokha la nkhani ya Flo. Mutha kugwiritsa ntchito pulogalamu ya Flo kukhazikitsa zolinga zogwiritsira ntchito madzi ndikutsatira momwe mumagwiritsira ntchito madzi molingana ndi zolingazo tsiku lililonse, sabata iliyonse, komanso mwezi uliwonse. Pulogalamuyi ipereka machenjezo nthawi iliyonse ngati madzi agwiritsidwa ntchito kwambiri kapena nthawi yayitali, pamene madzi akutuluka, pamene valavuyo yasiya kugwira ntchito (monga zomwe zingachitike nthawi yamagetsi, mwachitsanzo), komanso pazochitika zina zofunika. Machenjezo awa amalembedwa mu lipoti la zochitika pamodzi ndi zotsatira za mayeso azaumoyo a tsiku ndi tsiku.
Komabe, ndikofunikira kuzindikira apa kuti Flo sangakuuzeni komwe madzi akutuluka. Pakuwunika kwanga, Flo adanena molondola kuti madzi akutuluka pang'ono m'makina anga opopera madzi, koma ndinali ndi udindo wopeza. Woyambitsa vutoli anali chimbudzi chosweka chomwe chinali m'bafa langa la alendo, koma popeza bafa lili pafupi ndi ofesi yanga yakunyumba, ndinamva chimbudzi chikutuluka ngakhale Flo asananene za vutoli. Kupeza pompo lamkati lomwe likutuluka madzi mwina sikungakhale kovuta kupeza, koma payipi yotuluka madzi kunja kwa nyumba kungakhale kovuta kwambiri kuzindikira.
Mukayika valavu ya Flo, pulogalamuyi idzakufunsani kuti mupange mbiri ya nyumba yanu poyankha mafunso okhudza kukula kwa nyumba yanu, kuchuluka kwa zipinda zomwe ili nazo, zinthu zomwe ili nazo (monga kuchuluka kwa mabafa ndi shawa, komanso ngati muli ndi dziwe losambira kapena hot tub), ngati muli ndi chotsukira mbale, ngati firiji yanu ili ndi chopangira ayezi, komanso ngakhale mutakhala ndi chotenthetsera madzi chopanda thanki. Kenako idzapereka cholinga chogwiritsa ntchito madzi. Popeza anthu awiri akukhala m'nyumba mwanga, pulogalamu ya Flo idapereka cholinga chogwiritsa ntchito madzi okwana magaloni 240 patsiku. Izi zikugwirizana ndi zomwe bungwe la US Geological Survey likunena za kuchuluka kwa madzi okwana magaloni 80 mpaka 100 pa munthu aliyense patsiku, koma ndapeza kuti nyumba yanga nthawi zonse imagwiritsa ntchito madzi ochulukirapo kuposa amenewo masiku omwe ndimathirira malo anga. Mutha kudzipangira cholinga chanu pa chilichonse chomwe mukuganiza kuti ndi choyenera ndikuchitsatira moyenera.
Flo imapereka ntchito yolembetsa yosankha, FloProtect ($5 pamwezi), yomwe imakupatsirani chidziwitso chakuya pakugwiritsa ntchito madzi anu. Imaperekanso maubwino ena anayi. Mbali yayikulu, yotchedwa Fixtures (yomwe ikadali mu beta), ikulonjeza kusanthula momwe mumagwiritsira ntchito madzi pogwiritsa ntchito fixture, zomwe ziyenera kukuthandizani kukwaniritsa zolinga zanu zogwiritsira ntchito madzi. Fixtures imasanthula momwe madzi amayendera kuti adziwe momwe madzi anu akugwiritsidwira ntchito: Magaloni angati omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito kutsuka zimbudzi; kuchuluka kwa madzi omwe amathiridwa m'mapaipi anu, shawa, ndi bafa; kuchuluka kwa madzi omwe zipangizo zanu (zotsukira, zotsukira mbale) zimagwiritsa ntchito; ndi kuchuluka kwa magaloni omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito pothirira.
Zida zolumikizirana zili muutumiki wosankha wolembetsa wa FloProtect. Imayesetsa kuzindikira momwe mumagwiritsira ntchito madzi.
Njirayi sinali yothandiza kwenikweni pachiyambi ndipo inkangowonjezera madzi ambiri omwe ndimagwiritsa ntchito m'gulu la "ena." Koma nditathandiza pulogalamuyi kuzindikira momwe ndimagwiritsira ntchito madzi—pulogalamuyi imasintha momwe mumagwiritsira ntchito madzi ola lililonse, ndipo mutha kusintha chochitika chilichonse—mwamsanga inakhala yolondola kwambiri. Sichabwinobe, koma chili pafupi kwambiri, ndipo chandithandiza kuzindikira kuti mwina ndikuwononga madzi ambiri pa ulimi wothirira.
Kulembetsa kwa $60 pachaka kumakupatsaninso mwayi wopeza ndalama zomwe inshuwaransi ya eni nyumba yanu imachotsera ngati mutataya madzi (zokwanira $2,500 ndipo pali zoletsa zina zomwe mungawerenge apa). Mapindu ena onse ndi ochepa: Mumalandira chitsimikizo cha zaka ziwiri chowonjezera cha malonda (chitsimikizo cha chaka chimodzi ndi chokhazikika), mutha kupempha kalata yokonzedwa kuti mupereke ku kampani yanu ya inshuwaransi yomwe ingakuyeneretseni kuchotsera pa ndalama zanu zapamwamba (ngati kampani yanu ya inshuwaransi ikupereka kuchotsera koteroko), ndipo mukuyenerera kuyang'aniridwa mwachangu ndi "woyang'anira madzi" yemwe angakupatseni mayankho pamavuto anu amadzi.
Flo si valavu yotsika mtengo kwambiri yodziyimitsa madzi yokha pamsika. Phyn Plus imadula $850, ndipo Buoy imadula $515, kuphatikiza kulembetsa kofunikira kwa $18 pamwezi pambuyo pa chaka choyamba (sitinawunikenso chilichonse mwa zinthuzo). Koma $499 ndi ndalama yayikulu. Ndikofunikiranso kunena kuti Flo sigwirizana ndi masensa omwe angazindikire mwachindunji kupezeka kwa madzi komwe sikuyenera kukhala, monga pansi kuchokera ku sinki yodzaza madzi, bafa, kapena chimbudzi; kapena kuchokera ku chotsukira mbale chotuluka kapena cholephera, makina ochapira, kapena chotenthetsera madzi otentha. Ndipo madzi ambiri amatha kutuluka mu chitoliro chophulika Flo isanalize alamu kapena kuchitapo kanthu yokha ngati simutero.
Kumbali ina, nyumba zambiri zili pachiwopsezo chachikulu cha kuwonongeka kwa madzi kuposa moto, nyengo, kapena chivomerezi. Kuzindikira ndikuletsa kutayikira kwa madzi koopsa kungakupulumutseni ndalama zambiri kutengera ndalama zomwe inshuwalansi yanu ingapereke; mwina chofunika kwambiri, kungakutetezeni kutayika kwa katundu wanu komanso kusokonezeka kwakukulu pamoyo wanu komwe kungayambitse chifukwa cha kuphulika kwa chitoliro cha madzi. Kuzindikira kutayikira pang'ono kungakupulumutseni ndalama pa bilu yanu yamadzi ya mwezi uliwonse; osatchulanso kuchepetsa momwe mungakhudzire chilengedwe.
Flo imateteza nyumba yanu ku kuwonongeka kwa madzi komwe kumachitika chifukwa cha kutayikira pang'onopang'ono komanso kuwonongeka kwakukulu, ndipo imakudziwitsaninso za kutayika kwa madzi. Koma ndi yokwera mtengo ndipo sidzakuchenjezani za kusonkhanitsa madzi m'malo omwe sayenera kukhala.
Michael amalemba nkhani zokhudza nyumba yanzeru, zosangalatsa zapakhomo, komanso nyimbo zolumikizirana ndi anthu kunyumba, akugwira ntchito m'nyumba yanzeru yomwe adamanga mu 2007.
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Nthawi yotumizira: Julayi-03-2019