How Wireless Water Sensor Is Used In Automotive Industry For Detecting Water Leakage?

Approximately 3% of the new vehicles have some leakage from their interior after leaving the factory and cause damaging effects like growth of mold and damaging the electronic parts thus decreasing the value of the vehicles and also their producing companies as well as and increasing the expense of warranty repairs.

Apparently it is not a large percentage but hundreds of vehicles have to be recalled because of leak warranty claims. The automotive industry carries out multiple leak testing processes to maintain the quality of their products. Usually it happens that small leaks are left unnoticed.  

Soak Test

At first the traditional manual method were used to check the leakage in a vehicle during its production and the vehicles are sprayed with different angled water jets and its pressures is measure to be as 2,00 psi. After the application of the water jets to the vehicle, the vehicle is visually and manually checked whether there is any leakage of water into the vehicle. This is called the soak test but it is only useful for large leakage and smaller leaks are often ignored.  Often the smaller leaks are present in the areas that are difficult to reach so they remain unnoticed and the water pools in such areas and damages such areas of the vehicles.

Wireless Water Sensor

For smaller leaks there is the need of some special equipment. Wireless water sensor detects the leakage as well as the level of the water.  These wireless sensors for water leakage are very valuable and useful to ensure the maintenance of the vehicles. They can detect water leakage even in hard to reach parts of the vehicle but special expertise is required in the operation of these sensors.

The sensors are placed in areas of the vehicle where water can pool unnoticed so these sensors are very helpful in finding out if the water has been leaked and to determine the exact place where the water is leaking.

The best thing about the wireless sensors is that they are battery-free. When the sensors are used inside the parts of the vehicles, the vehicles are then driven through some portals having antennas to communicate with the sensors wirelessly.

The sensors usually provides the following information

• The status of wetness and/or dryness of the vehicle
• The exact area of any leakage
• Affected materials/components of the vehicle

When this information is obtained from the sensors, the industrial workers are able to work and repair the leaks in more efficient manner before the vehicle is delivered to the public. The sensors are very useful. They help in reducing the repair costs of the vehicles. These sensors are also very helpful in helping the manufacturer reaching the location of the leakage and the time is also saved from being wasted in searching the possible cause of damage to the vehicle.

The use of wireless water sensors is becoming very important for manufacturers. In the present time more and more hybrid and electric cars are produced and these cars require the safety of their electronic circuitry and electrical parts.