So I completely stole Iveatch's idea! Next day delivery from Amazon got me 6 pretty stout traps for $10. I had some old z-wave door sensors that were too big and ugly (and not Z-wave+) to attach to my doors so I glued them to a couple of the traps. It almost took longer to get the glue hot enough then it did to glue them, but less than 10 minutes. Going to deploy them tonight. Got an event that will blink the #7 indicator light at the switches at all the doors to blink red and send us an email if we are not home. Fingers crossed that the traps and glue are strong enough.
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Originally posted by cc4005 View PostBattery at 77% after 2 trips.
The next day I fogged the attic and have had NO roach activity in the attic since. HOWEVER, moments ago, one of my homemade jobbies caught a mouse in the garage. Got a text and a blinking red light on at all the doors and either end of the stairs. Can't miss it.
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Originally posted by outbackrob View Post
That's pretty good. After three days and three roaches, my dome is down to 62%. They were TEXAS roaches.....
The next day I fogged the attic and have had NO roach activity in the attic since. HOWEVER, moments ago, one of my homemade jobbies caught a mouse in the garage. Got a text and a blinking red light on at all the doors and either end of the stairs. Can't miss it.-Wade
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Originally posted by outbackrob View PostThat's awesome! Mine has been quite for the last three days. Still showing 62%. I'd like to get more data, but I am happy with no roach/rat activity. :-)
-Wade
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Ok. Dome 3, Homemade 3.1. The dome has caught and fried 3 cockroaches and my homage jobbies have caught 3.1 mice.
Homeseer related: I woke up at 6 to a text notification from 5:30am that Rat Trap 04 might have caught something plus every 200 series dimmer switch in the house had number 7 blinking red.
Again, theses are the type of things I have been hoping for since the 80’s!!.
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Originally posted by cc4005 View PostAnother data point on battery life...or perhaps more to the point, uncertainty about battery life...After a 4th kill and remaining in that state for 2 days until I could get to it, the battery now reports 87% after resetting. Hmmm..
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Originally posted by outbackrob View Post
If it is still reporting and doing its job, I guess it really doesn't matter what the battery level shows to be.....-Wade
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Originally posted by outbackrob View PostAgreed. I wonder if it alerts once the battery power gets too low to do its job?
For the future, I think I'll change the batteries if they go below about 60%. These were at 50% after over 19 months. If it costs me an extra few bucks to replace them earlier, it seems to be worth it for the kill..
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