they're using that stainless flex stuff in fixed plumbing too, toilet cisterns, under benches etc, places where annealed copper (or plated annealed copper) was previously used.
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Interrupting Mains Supply in Event of Flooding
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Maybe. I'll add it to the list of 'possible' suggestions thus far....
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Yes, but in that case it's just to facilitate much easier fitting; the flexibility is invaluable.
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Plug the washer into a GFI outlet.
Build a small device made out of a small piece of metal tubing about the size of a 5 Watt carbon comp resistor open at both ends and a 3 prong line cord.
Connect the metal tubing to the 3 rd GROUND (not neutral) prong of a 3 prong cord. usually the green wire
Connect a 10K resisor in series with the hot lead. Mount the resistor in one end of the tube and leave the other solid lead of the resistor inside the tube as a probe.
Plug the device into the same GFI outlet as the washer. Place the device so any unwanted water will enter the open end of the tube.
If unwanted water enters the tube, it will provide a conuction path from hot to ground which will trip the GFI and shut off the washer.
The exposed hot lead of the resistor is inside the grounded metal tube so is not a shock hazard.
Build at your own risk.
Mark