Everspring EVS-HSM02-US - Battery Performance

Hello, I was going to reply to the old thread below but the system told me it was very old and to consider a new thread.

Reference: http://forum.micasaverde.com/index.php?topic=12715.0

I have moved this sensor and it is now very close to the Vera Lite. I’m running UI7 and the latest firmware. My batteries last about 10 days and that’s it. It seems to me in the beginning like a year ago (while not reliable due to the distance and lack of zwave devices) the battery did last significantly longer.

I went to the Everspring website and submitted my question but their site didn’t give me a good indicator that my question was submitted so I’ll see if I get a response.

One of the points made was to make sure the tamper switch is depressed. While I know where that small black piece is, how can I tell after the cap is back on the sensor? It appears to go on just fine without issue.

There was also a mention about tripping it once it was alive in Vera so that it wasn’t caught in a test mode.

Does anyone have some additional insight?

For reference, this is the basic magnet sensor that typically comes bundled with a Vera controller.

I got 2 of these and the batteries seem to be lasting just a few weeks. I just changed the wakeup interval on them to 10800 (it was auto-configured as 1800) to see if that helps.

Good luck, tried all kinds of settings. I will never buy one of these sensors with coin batteries. I will look for double/triple A sensors only.