Leak Detector

Catch Leaks and Pump Failures Before They Cost You

Leaks in stock water pipelines, trough lines, and tank supplies are often not discovered until a trough runs dry or the pump bill arrives. A failed pump or windmill is worse — nothing gets to the trough at all. Both can run for days in a paddock nobody drives past often, and in dry country, stock may have gone without water for longer than anyone realised before either problem is found.

How It Works

A flow sensor is installed at a key point in your stock water system — such as the outlet of a bore pump, a tank supply line, or a paddock trough line. The sensor logs flow rate continuously, and BushLinx® watches it for two different problems at once. Animals do not generally drink overnight, so meaningful flow outside normal daytime demand is a strong sign of a leak. Just as important is the opposite: flow that stops or drops away when a pump or windmill should be running usually means the pump has failed, the windmill has stopped, or a bore has run dry — no less serious for stock than a leak, and picked up by the same sensor. BushLinx® triggers an alert immediately either way.

Normal flow behaviour, what it looks like once a leak develops, and the flow rate dropping back to normal once the leak is found and fixed.

Features

• Continuous flow monitoring at any point in a stock water system
• Automated alerts when flow occurs outside normal demand windows
• Also flags pump or windmill failure — flow that stops when it shouldn't
• Flow rate trending — spot a gradual leak increasing over time
• Works alongside tank level data for the full picture
• Historical data to compare day-to-day water use
• Alerts to as many phones or inboxes as you need, not just one
• No mains power required — fully solar powered

Applications

• Trough and paddock stock water lines
• Bore and pump delivery lines
• Tank supply and header tank lines
• Multi-tank and multi-paddock stock water networks
• Remote properties where troughs and lines are hard to inspect
• Water authority and community water network monitoring