expired Posted by nufc2008 • Mar 18, 2024
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Item 1 of 5
expired Posted by nufc2008 • Mar 18, 2024
Mar 18, 2024 3:01 PM
Limited-time deal: Flume 2 Smart Home Water Monitor & Water Leak Detector: Detect Water Leaks Before They Cause Damage. Monitor Your Water Use to Reduce Waste & Save Mone - $199
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I actually bought some AA battery holders for hobby kits, the ones that put two batteries in, adding up to 3v, and soldered them directly to the battery terminals. This way, I can use whatever batteries I like. I used 4 AAx2 holders in total. So I used 8 AA lithium batteries total. If you're going to do the same, make sure you rough up the terminals with a file and use some flux to get the solder to stick to the terminals and the battery holder wires. Be careful to solder the wires to the correct polarity, they are labeled. I almost fried mine reversing the polarity. I'd probably also recommend throwing in any desiccant packs you have into the unit before closing it up if you do this. Since the batteries are more exposed then the proprietary casing the company provides.
You could also in theory reuse the proprietary casing, but you do need a battery welder for the thin nickel strips. And the special torx bit to open it (My ifixit kit had it). But I didn't feel like buying the welder, so I went with the battery holders.
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I actually bought some AA battery holders for hobby kits, the ones that put two batteries in, adding up to 3v, and soldered them directly to the battery terminals. This way, I can use whatever batteries I like. I used 4 AAx2 holders in total. So I used 8 AA lithium batteries total. If you're going to do the same, make sure you rough up the terminals with a file and use some flux to get the solder to stick to the terminals and the battery holder wires. Be careful to solder the wires to the correct polarity, they are labeled. I almost fried mine reversing the polarity. I'd probably also recommend throwing in any desiccant packs you have into the unit before closing it up if you do this. Since the batteries are more exposed then the proprietary casing the company provides.
You could also in theory reuse the proprietary casing, but you do need a battery welder for the thin nickel strips. And the special torx bit to open it (My ifixit kit had it). But I didn't feel like buying the welder, so I went with the battery holders.
I will say though, when it does work, the analytics that Flume has are great. I switched to a Moen Flo, which has some pretty pathetic analytics compared to Flume. The Flo is serving its purpose for me (avoiding a catastrophic water leak), but the Flume was far superior when it comes to getting detailed water usage numbers...when it works.
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I actually bought some AA battery holders for hobby kits, the ones that put two batteries in, adding up to 3v, and soldered them directly to the battery terminals. This way, I can use whatever batteries I like. I used 4 AAx2 holders in total. So I used 8 AA lithium batteries total. If you're going to do the same, make sure you rough up the terminals with a file and use some flux to get the solder to stick to the terminals and the battery holder wires. Be careful to solder the wires to the correct polarity, they are labeled. I almost fried mine reversing the polarity. I'd probably also recommend throwing in any desiccant packs you have into the unit before closing it up if you do this. Since the batteries are more exposed then the proprietary casing the company provides.
You could also in theory reuse the proprietary casing, but you do need a battery welder for the thin nickel strips. And the special torx bit to open it (My ifixit kit had it). But I didn't feel like buying the welder, so I went with the battery holders.
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I love my Flume. Someone noted that it's not very good for small leak detection, which is not the case for me. I had a toilet valve stuck only partly open and it gave me an alert. Same for when someone bumped the outside faucet and it was dripping water. My only gripe is that it doesn't do a good job in terms of the Inside and Outside water usage. Outside always seems to be higher, but I have a whole house water filtration system, so that might have something to do with it....?
Unfortunately the utility company soon after handed my father's to him. "You can't put stuff on our meter" 🤪
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Unfortunately the utility company soon after handed my father's to him. "You can't put stuff on our meter" 🤪
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