An automatic faucet, also referred to as hands-free faucet, touchless faucet, electronic faucet, motion-sensing faucet, sensor faucet, or infrared faucet, is a faucet equipped with a proximity sensor and mechanism that opens its valve to allow water to flow in response to the presence of a user's hands in close proximity. The faucet closes its valve again after a set period of time or when it no longer detects the presence of a user's hands.
Two benefits of sensor faucets is that they stop the spread of germs and bacteria and they turn off automatically. Beyond that obvious benefit of water conservation, these automatic faucets with preset time-outs are designed to save building owners from over flow water damage. This is a huge plus in environments where people tend to leave the water running unnecessarily such as office buildings, public restrooms, institutions, assisted living environments and other places where an unattended faucet can waste water and cause damage.
VMS stocks a wide variety of AC and battery powered, as well as solar panel sensor faucets from American Standard, Chicago, Delta, Kohler, Moen, Sloan, Symmons, Toto, Zurn and others.