UtiliTech Water Leak Sensor

[ronlh42]

Yah, that batteries in those die in silence, sadly.

[jlv]

I monitor mine with Device Activity Check. They report at least once a day. So I'll know when the batteries die.

I used one of these on ST for 4 years before moving it to Hubitat a year ago; that one still reports the batteries at 80%.

(I'm using the Tosa68's driver as ported by @GatVlieg from post #29)

[ChuckO]

I just thought I'd put an update here. I've got four of these from long ago. They rarely reported battery and rarely even let the hub know they were present. I could go months with no info from them and I was thinking of replacing them with something more modern.

But then I did the Hub Z-Wave update to version 7.17.1 a few months ago. And now these all report twice daily including battery! The Z-Wave update was totally worth it for me just to keep these four in service.

I like the long cords on them since I can have one mounted conveniently under the kitchen sink and have the sensor end under the dishwasher. Another has the sensor under the washing machine and the unit in the cabinet above the washer where the metal washing and dryer housings don't interfere with the signal.

Chuck

[ronlh42]

Thanks for that update. Did the trick. They seem to stay connected now. I was just about to look for something else to replace them, but the four I have are working good now.

[velvetfoot]

How do you find what version Z-Wave you have? I looked, but couldn't find it. I hit Update on the Z-Wave page, but have no idea where I'm at. Mine were apparently reporting in every few days, but I hadn't been checking. Of course, batteries are at 100% after going on 2 years, lol.

Does the Z-Wave radio get updated with a new hub update?

Thanks much.

[ChuckO]

The Z-Wave does not get updated with a general hub update. You have to do it separately. There is another thread that describes how to do it. It should be a Firmware Update button on the Z-Wave page:
C7 2.3.1 and Z-Wave Firmware 7.17.1 - News and Updates - Hubitat