Abstract: An automated device monitors moisture content in exterior sheathing of a building for detecting moisture intrusion into the sheathing walls. A plurality of moisture sensors are embedded in selected exterior walls of the building behind the cladding and are adapted to provide signals representative of the moisture content in the walls at each of the selected locations. A control unit is operatively connected with each of the plurality of moisture sensors for generating an alarm signal when at least one of the signals representative of the moisture content in the plurality of walls is indicative of a moisture content in excess of a predetermined threshold value.

Abstract: A method for performing unit conversions. The method employs a calculating device comprised of an alphanumeric keypad and a display device. Required inputs include a numeric value, or an expression that can be evaluated as a numeric value, representing the quantity of the unit string to be converted from, an undesired unit string and a desired unit string. Each unit string can consist of a single unit or a plurality of units joined by arithmetic symbols. Units are entered by typing the full spelling of the unit name or the spelling of an alias name on an alphanumeric keypad. The method segregates the unit string into its component parts, specifically, unit names, positive and negative exponents, multiplication and division. Each numerator and denominator undesired unit is respectively converted to a numerator and denominator desired unit. All derived units which can not be converted are replaced with their equated unit string comprised of two or more other units which may be base units or other derived units.

Abstract: An automated device monitors moisture content in exterior sheathing of a building for detecting moisture intrusion into the sheathing walls. A plurality of moisture sensors are embedded in selected exterior walls of the building behind the cladding and are adapted to provide signals representative of the moisture content in the walls at each of the selected locations. A control unit is operatively connected with each of the plurality of moisture sensors for generating an alarm signal when at least one of the signals representative of the moisture content in the plurality of walls is indicative of a moisture content in excess of a predetermined threshold value.

Abstract: An automated device monitors moisture content in exterior sheathing of a building for detecting moisture intrusion into the sheathing walls. A plurality of moisture sensors are embedded in selected exterior walls of the building behind the cladding and are adapted to provide signals representative of the moisture content in the walls at each of the selected locations. A control unit is operatively connected with each of the plurality of moisture sensors for generating an alarm signal when at least one of the signals representative of the moisture content in the plurality of walls is indicative of a moisture content in excess of a predetermined threshold value.