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Oh, wow. That's something we don't really worry about much here in Montgomery, Alabama. Tornadoes, however, are quite another story! That's also a great way to test your roof for leaks! ;)
Back in '83 in the Ash Wednesday bushfires we had embers fall out of the sky from several km away. Closest fires got was about 5km. I kept some as a reminder. Crazy stuff. Hundreds of charred black leaves fell out of the sky.
It's funny, I watch your regular videos. But today I was looking up roof mounted sprinklers and the goog suggested this one and was all WAIT, I KNOW THAT VOICE!
Cool little setup. Jus a tip from an Australian with property in a bushfire zone...use copper pipes not pvc or plastic. In severe cases, plastic and pvc will melt making the system useless.
October 2017, that was the sand canyon fire if am right? Had my own scare in 2018 when a brush fire did travel from the 5 close to the Calgrove exit up to a quarter mile to our home :/
Do you find it cools the house nicely too? Great when you can recycle the unused water back though the system and be running it off rainwater to begin with. Very cool. I want one!
Great setup, what I would also do is just is instead of wasting water maybe use the pool water and get it to drain from the roof back into the pool maybe !! I lie in Australia and water is a REALLY precious commodity !!! That's what I did with my system only I use 6 1000lt IBC containers and the water just recirculates from the IBC's to the roof and back again and yes I need a small pump !! Seeya Rob
even so- this is still less than the fire brigade, DAMP surfaces , kills heat- one of the 3 things needed for fire-....... heat , fuel, air, ,,, imaging all the houses in your street, with this installed, now that would a friendly neighbor hood
How does one get credit for this system on their home insurance? Also what do you suggest for times when isn't any water pressure or electricity during a wildfire? Is residential water pressure lost during a wildfire if it gets really close?
i lost my house in the camp fire, our power was shut off before we evacuated so this item would not apply unless you left it on the whole time. our water pressure was not affected by the fire, only issue was that we couldnt go back for almost 2 months so its a possibility that it could be left on that long unless the fire dept shuts it off for you.
I know someone in our California county whose house was saved by a rooftop sprinkler system. Much more elaborate than this setup. His pumped from his pool and three water tanks, powered by a 38K generator.
any Idea how long what hold of water in a pool for, last, fuel usage feeding, to keep it going, like say being ordered out of your house, and having to leave it own devises, for a like day, week like ?
Things I see wrong with this is rubber hose being used PVC being used plastics at the timmer that would melt instantly when fires hit that house, this application can all be done using galvanized water piping as well galvanized framing to sit on the roof, as for the timmer not sure if metal trimmers are available but if not then timmer can be completely installed under ground in a deep concrete water meter box, this would all be much better & fire proof to go this route rather than rubber & PVC being used.
Were you able to control the timer while your phone was on LTE and not on your local wifi? I got this timer and it seems to use the phone to connect to wifi. If I turn off the Phones Wifi and try to control the timer using LTE the timer also disconnects. I hope you have a work around.
That isn't the case here. It isn't related to Wi-Fi. It connects via their servers to the device. So as long as you have any kind of internet connection, it will connect to the internet, then to their server, then to the device. The device itself has to connect to you home Wi-Fi of course, but your phone does not. We have controlled it from another country. I'd recommend studying the user guide or contacting them for support if that doesn't help.
@@RetroRecipes I noticed the one you show only has English writing on it and the one I received has mostly Chinese writing. The one I tried did not thread onto a standard hose bib and after extensive trial and error, several communications with the supplier, the one I received simply does not work remotely. It connects to the router, but If my phone leaves the network, the devise goes offline in the app. I am tempted to try and order one that has all English writing but they all come from the same factory so I don't see how it would really help. I have opted to go with a shutoff controller made by Moen (Flo). I have tried several wifi timers (bhyve, pixie, linktap) which reduce the line to 5/8 and will not supply adequate pressure.
Thank you for the video. Noticed your fireplace needs to have a chimney cap with spark arrestor installed. Very important not only to keep embers in but also keep moisture, debris and animals out. . ???
Good question. If I'm home I just bypass the controller and connect the hose straight to the faucet. If I'm not home I ask a neighbor. If nobody will help then I'm no worse off that I was to begin with. It's a safety net.
It's pretty sad to see a house that has been destroyed by fire with a swimming pool full of water next to it. For a couple of thousand dollars you can setup a DIESEL pump with an auto start triggered either manually or by a temperature sensitive switch set about 40 - 45degC. Don't try and tell me it wouldn't work. I've seen houses left untouched while ones with no protection were destroyed.
Great but soooo much can go wrong with this system. I don't need to mention all the issues but they range from romote network failure to failure of the lovely Chinese made component. Nothing like being at home to activate a fire system. Haha make sure your home when it happens. But of course its way better than nothing!
Perifractic's Retro Recipes You must be British like me! Americans have no conception of sarcastic ironic humour! Keep up the good work! I started watching all your older vids, due to how entertaining you are.
@@RetroRecipes Yeah sorry mate, car tyres burn in bushfires/wildfires you've got one step done, metal sprinklers, but you really need metal pipe as a bush/wildfire can reach temperatures of over 1000C (1832F). He's not tlaking about the temperature of the sun, he's talking about when the fire front comes.
You must find it so rewarding being a crotchety curmudgeon and stating opinions without any evidence to back it up. However, if you research it, roof sprinklers NOT attached to a city water system and powered by an auxiliary electric system for the pump DO work to save houses. Mine sure did when my ENTIRE neighborhood of over 80 houses burned but NOT MY HOUSE which was pumping water from my pool and the system was powered by the house solar. We activated it as we mandatorily evacuated and the water in the pool lasted long enough to save the house.
The featured wildfire home protection products are:
🔘 Rooftop sprinkler: amzn.to/2xVHdg4
🔘 Remote controller (new model): amzn.to/3CxwI4E
🔘 Rubber hose: amzn.to/2xhXkak or Lowes/Home Depot
Don't forget to Subscribe! Any questions just ask below. Thank you.
🙏 If this video helped you please consider supporting this channel: retrorecip.es/support
Oh, wow. That's something we don't really worry about much here in Montgomery, Alabama. Tornadoes, however, are quite another story! That's also a great way to test your roof for leaks! ;)
Back in '83 in the Ash Wednesday bushfires we had embers fall out of the sky from several km away. Closest fires got was about 5km. I kept some as a reminder. Crazy stuff. Hundreds of charred black leaves fell out of the sky.
It's funny, I watch your regular videos. But today I was looking up roof mounted sprinklers and the goog suggested this one and was all WAIT, I KNOW THAT VOICE!
Haha brilliant
Thank you for the video and the links, just what I have been looking for. Oh, and this Yank gets the humor and appreciates it!
Excellent work!
I suppose for remote operation it works to have it on public water works. but if you are home. buy a pump and use your pool water for the sprinklers.
How cool is this?! Awesome system. Hopefully, it never really gets put to the test.
🤞
Will the sprinklers stand the 50 mph winds on the roof?
Cool little setup. Jus a tip from an Australian with property in a bushfire zone...use copper pipes not pvc or plastic. In severe cases, plastic and pvc will melt making the system useless.
October 2017, that was the sand canyon fire if am right? Had my own scare in 2018 when a brush fire did travel from the 5 close to the Calgrove exit up to a quarter mile to our home :/
Do you find it cools the house nicely too? Great when you can recycle the unused water back though the system and be running it off rainwater to begin with. Very cool. I want one!
They can travel up to 20 in Australia
Great setup, what I would also do is just is instead of wasting water maybe use the pool water and get it to drain from the roof back into the pool maybe !! I lie in Australia and water is a REALLY precious commodity !!! That's what I did with my system only I use 6 1000lt IBC containers and the water just recirculates from the IBC's to the roof and back again and yes I need a small pump !! Seeya Rob
even so- this is still less than the fire brigade, DAMP surfaces , kills heat- one of the 3 things needed for fire-....... heat , fuel, air, ,,, imaging all the houses in your street, with this installed, now that would a friendly neighbor hood
How does one get credit for this system on their home insurance? Also what do you suggest for times when isn't any water pressure or electricity during a wildfire? Is residential water pressure lost during a wildfire if it gets really close?
Speak to them by phone. My local Farmers agent was able to arrange a credit as if it were an internal sprinkler like you see in offices. Good luck!
i lost my house in the camp fire, our power was shut off before we evacuated so this item would not apply unless you left it on the whole time. our water pressure was not affected by the fire, only issue was that we couldnt go back for almost 2 months so its a possibility that it could be left on that long unless the fire dept shuts it off for you.
Very sorry to hear that
Yah, we have a backup diesel option for our pump. Might be worth looking into. Some can be used easily for other emergencies too.
@@RetroRecipes Is there a way to set it up so if the power goes out, the failover mode is to turn on?
I know someone in our California county whose house was saved by a rooftop sprinkler system. Much more elaborate than this setup. His pumped from his pool and three water tanks, powered by a 38K generator.
any Idea how long what hold of water in a pool for, last, fuel usage feeding, to keep it going, like say being ordered out of your house, and having to leave it own devises, for a like day, week like ?
Things I see wrong with this is rubber hose being used PVC being used plastics at the timmer that would melt instantly when fires hit that house, this application can all be done using galvanized water piping as well galvanized framing to sit on the roof, as for the timmer not sure if metal trimmers are available but if not then timmer can be completely installed under ground in a deep concrete water meter box, this would all be much better & fire proof to go this route rather than rubber & PVC being used.
Were you able to control the timer while your phone was on LTE and not on your local wifi? I got this timer and it seems to use the phone to connect to wifi. If I turn off the Phones Wifi and try to control the timer using LTE the timer also disconnects. I hope you have a work around.
That isn't the case here. It isn't related to Wi-Fi. It connects via their servers to the device. So as long as you have any kind of internet connection, it will connect to the internet, then to their server, then to the device. The device itself has to connect to you home Wi-Fi of course, but your phone does not. We have controlled it from another country. I'd recommend studying the user guide or contacting them for support if that doesn't help.
@@RetroRecipes I noticed the one you show only has English writing on it and the one I received has mostly Chinese writing. The one I tried did not thread onto a standard hose bib and after extensive trial and error, several communications with the supplier, the one I received simply does not work remotely. It connects to the router, but If my phone leaves the network, the devise goes offline in the app. I am tempted to try and order one that has all English writing but they all come from the same factory so I don't see how it would really help. I have opted to go with a shutoff controller made by Moen (Flo). I have tried several wifi timers (bhyve, pixie, linktap) which reduce the line to 5/8 and will not supply adequate pressure.
Thank you for the video. Noticed your fireplace needs to have a chimney cap with spark arrestor installed. Very important not only to keep embers in but also keep moisture, debris and animals out. . ???
Thanks for the tip
Hi, I like the system. Is this a good quality product? Works okay after the years? Many ta
Still fine 3 years on. Hose still intact too. 👍
As long as the fire cannot melt the vinyl water hose or heat up the remote controlled water valve because that thing is made of plastic.
What happens if power goes out?
Good question. If I'm home I just bypass the controller and connect the hose straight to the faucet. If I'm not home I ask a neighbor. If nobody will help then I'm no worse off that I was to begin with. It's a safety net.
install more!!!! 2 more on the roof and about 6 around your house that spray upward.
Sure, but 2 is better than 0 right...
@@RetroRecipes you are 100 right.
Here in Australia my house was saved bye the fire fighters
Best to use exhaust header wrap around the garden hose so it don't melt if a fire comes.
But... The water... Prevents the fire...
@@RetroRecipes So you did a test with no high winds around and you think it's safe 🤣.
@@Chopperdog It's better than without as the water creates a damp microclimate
It's pretty sad to see a house that has been destroyed by fire with a swimming pool full of water next to it.
For a couple of thousand dollars you can setup a DIESEL pump with an auto start triggered either manually or
by a temperature sensitive switch set about 40 - 45degC. Don't try and tell me it wouldn't work.
I've seen houses left untouched while ones with no protection were destroyed.
Great but soooo much can go wrong with this system. I don't need to mention all the issues but they range from romote network failure to failure of the lovely Chinese made component. Nothing like being at home to activate a fire system. Haha make sure your home when it happens. But of course its way better than nothing!
Hopefully he's friendly with his neighbours and he can ask them to turn them on or something.
The culture of vegetation against the exterior wall of the house needs to go.
Yea those small things ain’t gonna help anything if there’s a big fire heading your way.
It’s just water being squirted out!
OMG you're right! 😲
Perifractic's Retro Recipes a real retro pro would have a c64 controller connected to the internet. 🤯🤯🤯🤯
Perifractic's Retro Recipes You must be British like me! Americans have no conception of sarcastic ironic humour! Keep up the good work! I started watching all your older vids, due to how entertaining you are.
Thank you for your kind words. Means a lot. 👍🕹
Guys wake up no plastic please use galvanized pipe only all metal , because of high temperature
2 years on, still all good. It's the same rubber used on car tires so withstands very high temperatures.
@@RetroRecipes Yeah sorry mate, car tyres burn in bushfires/wildfires you've got one step done, metal sprinklers, but you really need metal pipe as a bush/wildfire can reach temperatures of over 1000C (1832F).
He's not tlaking about the temperature of the sun, he's talking about when the fire front comes.
those sprinklers won´t do anything to protect youre house. it will just waste water nothing more.
You must find it so rewarding being a crotchety curmudgeon and stating opinions without any evidence to back it up.
However, if you research it, roof sprinklers NOT attached to a city water system and powered by an auxiliary electric system for the pump DO work to save houses. Mine sure did when my ENTIRE neighborhood of over 80 houses burned but NOT MY HOUSE which was pumping water from my pool and the system was powered by the house solar. We activated it as we mandatorily evacuated and the water in the pool lasted long enough to save the house.
@@Silent0666 they 💯 will ! The fires start with burning embers floating in and igniting. If the whole area is wet they don’t catch fire.
Have you tried it? If these sprinklers are started in enough time they will soak the entire house and surrounding area.