Do frequent power outages affect the CatGenie unit? Will I have to reset a bunch of settings on the unit every time the power goes out?
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It messes with the timer so if you set it to wake up at 8am and go to sleep at 10pm and the power is off for 2 hours then it will start the next day at 10am and go to sleep at 12. If you lose power in the middle of a cleaning cycle, it will usually pick up where it left off when it gets power but the litter box isn't usable during that time.
1343612
I agree. I see no evidence of this feature in the instructions. But there may be a capacitor in it that holds the settings even though it may be necessary to reset the current time when the power comes back on. Perhaps that is what they mean?
2002383
No I have never had any issues with my unit. If nothing is running my first thought is to check your GFI plug to see if it is tripped. If that is not it I would try to contact the company.
158946
You can reset it after power went out by unplugging it and plugging it back in. Or trip the breaker on the circuit it uses and reset it.
113986
Jasryn, I have had my unit for only two years and it has worked flawlessly during that time. That is, it exercises regularly once a week and it has come on four times during power outages of varying lengths of time, the longest being about six hours. With regular maintenance (once a year) I have expectations of it lasting a long time. Bernard
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I have not come across that problem yet. we have had no reason to shut it down, and have had no loss of power due to outages. when this was installed for me in a large walk-in cooler, wine cooler, it took one month with the manufacturer to be up and running. Your best bet is to just email to the manufacturer. I worked with them on and off for a month making adjustments and they were absolutely phenomenal to work with.I think the coolbot was an excellent investment. you just need the right system to pair it with. again manufacture of was key with that.
2079282
I don't think so. It will reset itself during a power failure (or being unplugged) back to the state it was in when it lost power.
1697047
The only problem I heard on the this unit is that the power cable connection can become intermittent. If it gets physically stressed, a weak connection could be your problem. Other than that, it's busted.
741599
I have this hooked up to a server and when the power goes out, this unit doesn't. There is no time lost (so far).
1826749
It's difficult to answer your question concisely without knowing your set up. I would start with: 1) unplug the unit and plug it back in 2) every once in a while an ethernet cable connector will develop a break in the wire - try a different ethernet cable 3) make sure there was/isn't an appliance, especially one that has motors and not very sensitive electronics, that was recently plugged in that could be causing interference on the power lines. For example, a vacuum cleaner or a heater. Also, I have had them go to sleep after a period of inactivity but plugging in a laptop usually wakes it up. In a few cases I've had to unplug/plug them back in. But I mainly use them for my laptop to get a better video conferencing connection. It might be a problem if this is a permanent desktop setup.
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No, unit has been trouble free for over one year. I had an overload or a transient spike problem which caused the GFI to trip out which required removal of all power and waiting several minutes for unit to reset itself after pushing "reset" on the GFI, then everything worked normally again.
1821751
Don't know for sure. Haven't had that problem that I know about. It works great when power goes off--no longer have to reset the frig and wait.
1639956
I have 2 units and have to issues with neither of them...I use it for basic AC and DC power reading takes. I do get some insignificant reading when power on but when connecting to the power source for measurement works well and power reading are correct.I hope this helps....
2164516
Not to my knowledge. I have not experienced a power outage since installing the control, but I don't recall anything in the very abbreviated documentation.
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Ryan, our power goes out a lot where we live, and the Cool Bot come back on line without having to be reset. its been working like a champ for two years.
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Funny you posted this question. I just had about 8 power outages in one day. The wine cooler came back on without a problem after each one.
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No. I tested it by popping the GFI (Circuit Breaker) and it resets to "OFF". I also unplugged it, while it was running and then plugged it in again and it had reset to "OFF". Hope this helps.