Re: EagleEye Motion Sensor battery life?

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I find the time estimates of only several months to be mystifying. I have
three installed for room lighting, which can get dozens of triggers a day,
and yet they last so long, that I don't remember from replacement to
replacement how long it has been. I believe it's at least a year. When I
start getting erratic triggering, I check the battery, which is usually down
to 0.9 volts or so. Maybe I will date the battery the next time just to see
how long it really is.

Dennis
"Bill Kearney" <wkearney-99@hot-mail-com> wrote in message
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>> That's true.  Figure a month or two, with relatively few motions being
>> detected (say, 3 to 5 a day).  I don't think you're likely to get to 4
>> months, even with NO detections whatsoever.
>
> I've got one setup in a bathroom, controlling a cat's water dish.  It has
> a
> pump that trickles it in a waterfall.  The cat won't drink still water.
> Anyway, I rigged up the EagleEye at baseboard level, the cat even seemed
> to
> figure out it's necessary to move in front of it to trigger the water.
> But
> it also gets triggered when anyone uses the bathroom.  It gets triggered
> about a dozen times a day.  It's also setup with an 8 minute delay.  I get
> a
> long enough time out of the batteries such that I can't really remember
> how
> often they need replacing.  So I'm thinking it's got to be at LEAST four
> months.
>
> Just make sure you label it with what house code and number it triggers.
> So
> when you have to reprogram it on replacing the batteries you don't have to
> go digging for the receiver to recall which code/number it uses.
>
> -Bill Kearney
>