therebetween depending on the conductivity of the liquid appearing within the woven central layer the washing machine 40 is provided with a conventional control panel 70 a top opening door 72 and a pump 74 used to discharge the waste water via an exit hose 75 should the discharge hose 75 or pump 74 develop a leak the floor liquid sensor 28 would have a change in resistance between the inner and outer layers similar to that occurring in the input water hose lines 50 or 52 the construction of the floor liquid sensor 28 is identical to that of the hose 50 and 52 except that it is manufactured as a flat strip referring now to fig2 which is a greatly enlarged pictorial representation of the control valves 54 and 56 coupled to the plumbing system appliance water source 42 and 44 the flexible hoses 50 and 52 are fitted with coupling adapters 51 and 53 respectively that couple them to the control valves 54 and 56 respectively while providing electrical separation between the inner and outer layers of the hoses a change in resistance between the inner and outer layers of the hoses is coupled to the control apparatus 10 via plugs 55 and 57 and jacks 59 and 61 respectively via cables 62 and 64 referring now to fig3 which is a functional block diagram describing the operation of the control apparatus 10 as set forth in the instant invention particularly delineating the important functions the input power for the operation of the control apparatus 10 is obtained from plug 12 39 being plugged into the wall receptacle or outlet 12 the input power is provided with a fuse 22 to protect the control circuitry should an unusual amount of current.