Is anyone familiar with the ting sensor? Our homeowners insurance is offering one for free with 3 years service. It is supposed to sense "electrical arcs, sparks, faulty switches, overloaded circuits, etc. in a home electrical wiring system."
It sounds great but I'm not a fan of all the legal mumbo jumbo agreeing to having them send an electrician of their choice to 'fix' any issues. And things like "We also collect certain information regarding devices that are connected to the same wireless network that the Ting sensor is connected to" bug me.
Does anyone use one?
It sounds great but I'm not a fan of all the legal mumbo jumbo agreeing to having them send an electrician of their choice to 'fix' any issues. And things like "We also collect certain information regarding devices that are connected to the same wireless network that the Ting sensor is connected to" bug me.
Does anyone use one?
If you have wiring that meets the current electrical code with ground fault circuit interrupters and more to the cause, arc interrupting circuit breakers, I don't see any advantage.
If you don't you should consider them.
As to the insurance company, I would expect to see a discount for a reduced risk.
The issue may actually be what percentage of fire losses are due to electrical wiring issues? (6.3%)
I do see why they want the access to allow them to establish some financial risk data. Perhaps they need to offer a better motivation ($) to gain the data.
As to improved safety arc interrupting circuit breakers aren't cheap, but they are quite effective.
As to the risk and real issues:
Electrical fires: 5 common causes
If you don't you should consider them.
As to the insurance company, I would expect to see a discount for a reduced risk.
The issue may actually be what percentage of fire losses are due to electrical wiring issues? (6.3%)
I do see why they want the access to allow them to establish some financial risk data. Perhaps they need to offer a better motivation ($) to gain the data.
As to improved safety arc interrupting circuit breakers aren't cheap, but they are quite effective.
As to the risk and real issues:
Electrical fires: 5 common causes
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Thanks, that is pretty much what I ended up thinking. Looking into the sensor took me to the new circuit breakers and it seemed to make more sense to just bite the bullet and swap those in and not have to worry about possible future monthly charges or complying properly with something I agreed to in the TOS on a subscription device.
Is that Ting Sensor an Arc Fault Detection Device? Or rather an Intelligent (Smart) Circuit Breaker?