I purchased about 10 of these things to put around the house. About 2 months ago, I opened 4 of them, and put them in various places. 2 of which are in my 2 water heater pans. Well, my water heater failed, and my sensor failed to notify me. This same sensor, i'm playing with tonight, cannot even be placed back in the water heater pan without going off. The water heater has since been replaced, and the water heater has been dry for at least a week now. It doesn't have a drop of water in it. Its aluminum if that matters.
Well, thats disappointing, it had one job to do and failed me. I started checking the other sensors, 2 of them wont respond, i'm suspecting dead batteries. I ordered new batteries to test them with, however homeseer is reporting 68% battery still on one of them, and the other is 9%. The 4th unit, which I haven't tested yet is reporting 100%. All of these were purchased and installed at the same time just a few months ago. thats pretty terrible odds.
One of the devices is stuck on "tampered status" and there is no way in HS to clear it. All around, 1 or more of these devices seem to either be defective, or they are just total garbage.
does anyone have a longer history with them to weigh in on their reliability? I've got events that shut off an HS water valve, send me emergency push notifications, and activate status lights throughout the house. I can't really put up with constant false positives, or whats worse, the dumb thing doing nothing when there is an actual issue.
Well, thats disappointing, it had one job to do and failed me. I started checking the other sensors, 2 of them wont respond, i'm suspecting dead batteries. I ordered new batteries to test them with, however homeseer is reporting 68% battery still on one of them, and the other is 9%. The 4th unit, which I haven't tested yet is reporting 100%. All of these were purchased and installed at the same time just a few months ago. thats pretty terrible odds.
One of the devices is stuck on "tampered status" and there is no way in HS to clear it. All around, 1 or more of these devices seem to either be defective, or they are just total garbage.
does anyone have a longer history with them to weigh in on their reliability? I've got events that shut off an HS water valve, send me emergency push notifications, and activate status lights throughout the house. I can't really put up with constant false positives, or whats worse, the dumb thing doing nothing when there is an actual issue.
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