![]() The Everydrop meters are identical in size and shape to the Rachio meter that leads me to believe Rachio might have contracted with Everydrop to make their meter. You can also replace it with the Everydrop 1104-EX w/o a display for slightly less money. I replaced mine with an Everydrop 1004-EX w/display. I gave up on the Rachio Wireless Flow Meter. ![]() Does anyone have experience with that wired flow meter? That is the only wired flow meter recommended by Rachio that can support flow rates from 0.6 to 36.8 gallons/minute. I am looking at swapping it out with the CST FSI-T10-001 wired flow meter because a couple of my zones have low flow rates. Now, I have to unplug the power supply and plug it back in to get it to re-pair, but that is a piece of cake as I don’t have to remove the meter, open it, pop a battery, close it, and re-install it. Powering the flow meter with the 3VDC supply has not solved the issue of it un-pairing. Technical Support told me my warranty would be void if I modified the unit, but since they no longer sell the wireless flow meter that tells me a lot about what is going on with it. Rachio would not tell me the normal current required, but the supply is capable of 1000ma and an VOM indicates it draws less than 100ma. I decided to modify the meter to supply it with 3VDC from a power supply so I would not have to replace batteries ever again. Even after replacing the batteries, it would often disconnect (un-pair) and I would have to remove the meter, open the case, pop a battery, close the case, re-install the meter and re-pair. If I didn’t change the batteries, it would disconnect of course. I would change the batteries and a week later the meter would report battery low again. Then the flow meter started eating batteries. The flow meter worked perfectly for over a year and only required changing the batteries perhaps once a quarter. I have a Rachio 3 with the wireless flowmeter. ![]()
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