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- Page 1 102-477 Installation & Operating Instructions FloodBreaker® SUPERSEDES: December 18, 2013 EFFECTIVE: December 10, 2014 Plant ID No. 001-4063...
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Opening and closing the FloodBreaker ........ -
Page 4: Safety Information
Safety Requirements 1. pplication Consult local plumbing, building and electrical codes in The Taco FloodBreaker® is a whole home adjustable leak your area before installing the FloodBreaker®. protection system that monitors several aspects of water usage. It shuts off the water supply once any of the moni- The FloodBreaker is for indoor use only and should tored settings are reached. -
Page 5: Inserting/Changing Batteries
The menu is locked automatically. Close the battery door. The menu must be unlocked to scroll through menus or The FloodBreaker is supplied with an optional power cord so change any values. that you can also connect the FloodBreaker to an external power source. -
Page 6: User Menu
If you are not using an external power source, press any button to activate the display. LE appears in the display Note: If the FloodBreaker is attached to an external window. If vacation leak mode is activated UL appears in power source, the display always remains active. -
Page 7: Temporarily Deactivating The Leakage Protection
The vacation leak protection is adjustable from 3-26 gallons of uninterrupted flow. If the vacation leak setting is exceeded a leak is suspected, the FloodBreaker closes thus shutting off the water and the Message 5 is displayed. 5.5 Setting the vacation leak protection 1. -
Page 8: Deactivating The Vacation Leakage Protection
6. dvanced Menu Settings 5.7 Re-opening after a leak shut-off In order to view the advanced menu, press and hold the When the FloodBreaker has detected a leak and isolated button. While holding the mode button, press the but- the system it can be re-opened by pressing the button ton three times and then release both buttons. -
Page 9: Hour Leak Monitor
When this monitor is activated leak setting is replaced by this new setting. (See section 5.1 and no water is drawn off for 48 hours, the FloodBreaker for default time settings). closes to isolate the system for 3 minutes. -
Page 10: Volume Base Leak (Secondary Check)
When the recheck feature is activated (E1) and the tion (Figure 18). Save any changes by pressing the but- FloodBreaker detects a leak, it shuts off the water. It will re- ton again. open after 30 seconds to see if water is actually being drawn off. -
Page 11: Internal Alarm
6.7 Internal alarm 6.8 In1 – Floor sensor The FloodBreaker has an audible alarm that will sound Press the until 11 is shown (Figure 21). when a leak is detected and the valve closes. Press the until bu is shown (Figure 19). -
Page 12: In2 Input Contact
It will not function on battery power alone. 6.10 Full or partial monitoring The FloodBreaker can be set to either full (Hc) or partial Figure 23 (Hd) monitoring. The factory setting is (Hc). (Hc) would be the setting for normal usage of the FloodBreaker. (Hd) Press the button again to change the setting. -
Page 13: Software Version
Lift off the control (Figure 29). 7.3 larm memory The FloodBreaker can save up to 8 alarm messages. Scroll through the saved messages by repeatedly pressing the mode button. If no messages have been saved, FF will be displayed. -
Page 14: Installing The Control Unit Back Onto The Valve Body
Press the down button to change to “P1” and then press the mode button to save. Once the control unit has rotated to the open position and stopped it can be installed on the valve body. lign the valve stem and locating pin with the mating stem slot and locating notch on the control unit. -
Page 15: Dimensions
11. Dimensions DIMENSIONS Inches (mm) (for reference only) ⁄ (108) ⁄ (24) ⁄ (105) 3 (76) ⁄ (307) ⁄ (174) ⁄ (120) 12. Message Codes DISPL Y INDIC TION POSSIBLE C USE POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS • Mechanism blocked • Remove blockage The valve cannot rotate. -
Page 16: Installing The Floodbreaker
Figure 32 Install the union nuts and tailpieces onto the piping system before attaching them to the FloodBreaker body. Be sure to mount the body in the correct flow orientation. The triangle on one end of the body indicates the direction of flow (Figure 33).