Utility outage early warning tells an estates team the moment a building loses its power, water or gas supply, and again when it returns. Power loss is reported within a second. Water and gas are read as supply pressure, so a failing main shows on the dashboard as it falls, before the stored water runs out or the boilers lock out. Every building on every campus reports to one dashboard. The gateways carry their own lithium battery, so the alerts still go out when the power has gone.
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It answers three questions for every building: is the power on, is water arriving at pressure, and is gas arriving at pressure. When any answer changes, the right people know in real time. The dashboard records when the supply went, when it came back and how long it was off.
Power is reported as a change of state: supply on or supply off. That works on any phase arrangement, at the incoming supply or at any board or circuit that matters. Water and gas are reported as continuous pressure readings, with alerts on a low limit, on pressure that falls away quickly and on pressure that is slowly bleeding down. A burst main, a supplier shutdown and a valve closed by a contractor all show first as falling pressure.
Seen across an estate, the pattern shows where the fault lies. Several buildings or campuses losing the same supply at once points to the network or the supplier. One building on its own points to a tripped board, a burst on site or a closed valve. The dashboard shows both at a glance, so the first call goes to the right people.
The system is specified to the estate: which buildings and which supplies, where each supply is measured, the limits and fall rates that matter, and who is called in hours and out of hours.
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Wherever a lost supply closes a building, spoils stock or leaves something unsafe, the monitoring has a job. These are the problems we are asked about most, and the list is not exhaustive.
A campus without water usually has to close, and one without power or heating often does too. Knowing within minutes which buildings are affected, and whether the fault is the network or on site, turns a morning of phone calls into one early decision.
An outage in an empty building is found by the first person in. Alerts reach the on-call team while there is still time to act, before frost, flooding or spoiled stock.
A power cut on a cold store is invisible until the temperature climbs. The alert arrives while stock can still be moved or supply restored.
When the mains drops, the UPS takes the load quietly and the clock starts running. The team knows the moment it happens, while there is time to act.
A lost gas supply locks the boilers out, and a lost power supply stops the pumps. In winter, an empty building without either becomes burst pipes when nobody finds out for days.
When the incoming main fails, storage tanks carry the building for a while. Knowing the main has gone, and watching the tank level fall, tells you how long the building has.
These rooms sit behind gas interlocks and safety shut-off valves. Reading the interlock panel shows when gas has been shut off to a room, and why a class cannot start.
Sewage, surface water and basement pumps only fail loudly when the water arrives. Knowing a pump has lost power turns a flood into a service call.
Every outage has a recorded start, restoration and duration, with the pressure trend behind it. That record is the evidence for supplier claims, insurers and business continuity reviews.
Dozens of buildings across several campuses on one screen, each with its own supplies, limits and alert routes.
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Each supply is measured where it enters the building, and wherever else a loss matters. The tags run on their own batteries and need no connection to a building network. Typical positions:
A power tag on a DIN rail or wall beside the intake or main switchboard.
The board serving a kitchen, server room, plant room or pump.
A pressure sensor on a tapping downstream of the stopcock or meter, in place of an existing gauge, or alongside it on a tee.
Booster outlet pressure, and the level of a cold water storage tank.
A pressure sensor on a test point or tapping downstream of the meter, with the connection chosen to suit the installation. Alternatively, a dry contact tag reads the gas interlock or safety shut-off panel.
Below-ground rooms that other networks struggle to reach, with range confirmed by site survey.
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Every building appears on one live board showing the state of its power, water and gas, grouped by campus or site. Each outage is recorded with when the supply went, when it came back and how long it was off. The pressure trend behind every water and gas alert is kept alongside. History exports for reports, insurers and business continuity reviews. It is held on a UK-hosted dashboard, or on servers on your own site.
Alerts are pushed in real time on power loss and restoration, on water or gas pressure crossing a limit, on pressure falling faster than a rate you set, and on a gateway losing its mains supply. They go by email or SMS, and through an app where required, to the people you name for each building. Escalation runs to further contacts, with separate routes in and out of hours.
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It fits every sector that runs a spread-out estate on supplies nobody sees until they stop, including:
Campuses where one lost supply can close a building and send hundreds home.
Hospitals, clinics and care homes, where power, water and heating cannot fail unnoticed.
Mixed portfolios with plant rooms and intakes spread across many addresses.
One view of supply status across every client site.
Incoming power and chilled water supply, watched ahead of the backup systems.
Sites where a lost supply stops a line, and gas or water feeds the process.
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| Parameter | Specification |
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| Supplies monitored | Electricity, water and gas, in any combination per building |
| Power detection | Supply on or off at the intake, a board or a circuit |
| Power supply types | Any phase arrangement, single-phase or three-phase |
| Power alerts | On loss and on restoration, pushed instantly |
| Water detection | Supply pressure on the incoming main, booster outlet or distribution pipework |
| Gas detection | Supply pressure downstream of the meter, or the state of a gas interlock or shut-off panel |
| Storage | Cold water storage tank level, where fitted |
| Pressure units | bar, mbar, psi or kPa, set per point |
| Pressure range and accuracy | Specified to the supply being watched |
| Pressure alerts | High and low limits, fast fall and slow fall, set per point |
| Pressure connections | Threaded to suit the tapping, test point or gauge port, for example BSP or NPT |
| Pressure fitting | In place of a gauge, alongside it on a tee, or on a dedicated tapping |
| Gas pipework | Connections made by a Gas Safe registered engineer |
| Reporting | Power on every change of state; pressure at an interval down to every minute |
| Alert speed | Power alerts typically reach the dashboard within a second |
| Alert delivery | Dashboard, email or SMS; app where required |
| Recipients | Named people per building, in-hours and out-of-hours routes, escalation to further contacts |
| Estate view | Every building and supply on one dashboard, grouped by site or campus |
| Gateway backhaul | 4G |
| Gateway backup | Internal lithium battery keeps the gateway reporting when the mains fails; larger batteries to suit the backup period required |
| Gateway power loss | Raises its own platform alert |
| Missed reports | A silent tag or gateway is flagged |
| Tag power | Internal battery, up to five years depending on reporting interval |
| Radio | 433 MHz, one-way (transmit only) |
| Range | Site-dependent; confirmed by site survey |
| Environment | Indoor or outdoor, enclosure specified to the location |
| Data | Full outage and pressure history, exportable; UK-hosted or on servers on your own site |
| Charges | No per-alert, per-user or licence charges |
| Manufacture | Made to order in the UK |
| Certification | CE marked |
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You tell us which buildings and supplies matter, what a loss costs in each, and who is called in hours and out of hours.
We map each supply to a measuring point, set the pressure limits and fall rates, size the gateway battery to the backup you need, and build the alert routes for each building.
Power tags go beside the intake or board and pressure sensors on the water tappings. Gas connections are made by a Gas Safe registered engineer. Where site rules require a qualified electrician, we work alongside theirs.
We simulate a power loss in each building, check every pressure reading against the site gauges, and send a test alert to every recipient before handover.
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Each tag sends over 433 MHz radio to a ZARC gateway on site. The gateway passes the reading to the dashboard over 4G, where limits and rates are checked and alerts are sent. When the mains fails, the gateway runs on its own lithium battery, so an outage in the building does not silence the alert about it. The tags only transmit; with no receiver on board, nothing can alter their settings or reach them over the air.
The tag that reports supply on and off at the intake or a board.
The tag that reads water and gas supply pressure.
How much is left in a cold water storage tank once the main has gone.
Reads a gas interlock, UPS or generator panel.
Monitoring that tells an estates team when a building loses its power, water or gas supply, and when it returns. A power failure tag watches the electricity supply, pressure sensors watch the water and gas supplies, and all of them report to one dashboard.
Power loss is pushed the moment it happens and typically reaches the dashboard within a second. Water and gas pressure is read at an interval you set, down to every minute. An alert is raised as soon as a reading crosses a limit or falls faster than the rate you set.
Yes. The tags run on their own batteries, and the gateway carries a lithium battery that keeps it reporting when the mains fails. A larger battery is fitted where a longer backup period is needed, and if a gateway does lose power, the platform raises an alert for that too.
A pressure sensor on the incoming main, a booster outlet or the distribution pipework reads supply pressure continuously. A burst, a supplier shutdown or a closed valve shows as falling pressure. An alert is raised on a low limit or on a fast or slow fall.
Either by supply pressure downstream of the meter, with the connection chosen to suit the installation, or by reading the output of an existing gas interlock or shut-off panel. Connections to gas pipework are made by a Gas Safe registered engineer.
No. It reports whether gas is arriving at pressure. It does not detect gas in the air, and it does not replace gas detection, interlocks or safety shut-off systems.
The dashboard shows which buildings lost which supply, and when. Several sites losing the same supply together points to the network or the supplier. A single building points to a local fault, such as a tripped board or a burst on site.
Yes. Every building on every campus reports to the same dashboard, grouped the way you run the estate, each with its own supplies, limits and alert routes.
Whoever you name for each building: estates managers, site staff, the on-call engineer, contractors or key-holders. Alerts go by email or SMS, with separate routes in and out of hours and escalation to further contacts.
The power tag usually needs no specialist, and where your site rules require one, we work alongside them. Any connection to gas pipework is made by a Gas Safe registered engineer.
Yes. Start, restoration, duration and the pressure trend for every outage export for reports, supplier claims, insurers and business continuity reviews.
No. There are no per-alert, per-user or licence charges.
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