Re: MS16A

["D&SW" <d&sw@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

The MS16A will run for a month or two in a heavy traffic area and many
months in a moderate traffic area on standard AA alkaline batteries. If you
are using it outside and have very cold winters, yes lithiums would be a
good choice as they stand up better to the cold than alkaline, otherwise
stick with the cheapies. If you are mounting in a position where access is a
big problem, try the lithium's OR hot glue a 2 D battery holder on the back
of the MS16. I get two years from alkaline D batteries. Only trouble is the
piggy backed double D makes mounting the MS16 a little more difficult.

"Gene" <no_one@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Thanks for the info. Now is there a better battery to use to power them
> like perhaps a battery for a digital camera [in the correct size of course
> [lithium ion perhaps]]?
>
> <avogel2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Jul 10, 12:04 pm, "Gene" <no_...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> When the batteries are changed on the MS16A is it necessary to reprogram
>> the
>> house and unit codes? I can't seem to find that mentioned on the
>> instructions I found on the net. I believe on the old MS14 motion
>> detectors
>> this was the case and I had a dozen of them and it was a pain.
>
> I believe the MS16A (like the MS14A) uses the PIC12C508A
> microprocessor which does not contain EEPROM (non-volatile memory).
> So you would have to reprogram the device when the batteries are
> changed.  Also, keep in mind that most of the MS1XA sensors revert to
> A1 when the power supply is cycled.
>