After installation of the contact sensor on a window sash, it’s extremely difficult to change the battery. The slot to pop the top off is located toward the sash, which means it can’t be reached with the battery tool. A small screwdriver can be used to pop it off (with the inevitable result of the battery flying off into the room}.
If the notch to pop the top off could be located on the opposite side of the sensor(or just add another notch on the opposite side and leave the other), it would be easily accessible (likewise if it were on top, but that may strain the plastic too much).
I suspect this hasn’t surfaced yet, as the sensors are too new to require much battery replacement.
How do you have it mounted? What orientation is the Wyze logo in? There is a top and bottom of the sensor (if the logo is right side up, the top and bottom are apparent) and the “key hole” is on the bottom I believe. The sensor does detect at a slight downward angle (if the top is up)
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Well my answer above is in response to you mentioning you had a motion sensor, but the picture you posted is of a contact sensor.
To help with the contact sensor, the contact sensor doesn’t have to be right on top of the magnet piece. It can be mounted up to a cm away I believe (watch the red flashy light when you are positioning the large part before mounting to get a good spot and the ability to have more room to get at the battery pry spot). Are there any other mounting spots on the window? In the mounting position you have, does the larger part catch on the magnet piece at all when moving the window? Looks super close in the picture if the window moves up and down.
Edit/ can you also change your wishlist topic title to something along the lines of “Wyze Sense contact sensor battery notch relocation” so that the title aligns with the wishlist request. Thx!
After installation of the motion sensor on a window sash
Looks like they mean a contact sensor not a motion sensor. Depending on how the contact sensor is installed can be challenging to open the battery compartment. On a double hung window sash you could lean the sash inward and access the battery compartment that way.
oops, sorry. My brain transposed from contact to motion and back again with absolutely no difficulty. I might be able to move it further away. Don’t know if I can move it far enough to get to the slot, because of the proximity of the window frame.
I’ll change wishlist entry.
Thanks.
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Well my answer above is in response to you mentioning you had a motion sensor, but the picture you posted is of a contact sensor.
jakewolfe:
After installation of the motion sensor
To help with the contact sensor, the contact sensor doesn’t have to be right on top of the magnet piece. It can be mounted up to a cm away I believe (watch the red flashy light when you are positioning the large part before mounting to get a good spot and the ability to have more room to get at the battery pry spot). Are there any other mounting spots on the window? In the mounting position you have, does the larger part catch on the magnet piece at all when moving the window? Looks super close in the picture if the window moves up and down.
Edit/ can you also change your wishlist topic title to something along the lines of “Wyze Sense contact sensor battery notch relocation” so that the title aligns with the wishlist request. Thx!
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