So, you can of course ask Alexa to turn the faucet on or off, but you can also ask Alexa to dispense water at a generic temperature (“hot” or “cold”), or you can have the water preheated to a defined temperature before it’s dispensed. And Moen says the six D batteries should last two years, provided there’s a strong 2.4GHz Wi-Fi signal at the location where the control box needs to be installed (the faucet cannot connect to 5GHz Wi-Fi). The mounting bracket is just for situations like mine, where there isn’t sufficient clearance behind the sink. The good news is that you might not need either of them. List price for the mounting bracket is $51, and the power adapter/splitter costs $136. You could use a power strip, instead, but that could get wet and cause trouble if your sink, water lines, or dishwasher spring a leak.
#How to put presets into u he hive install
Since the outlets under most kitchen sinks are split, with one always-on outlet for your dishwasher and a switch-controlled outlet for your garbage disposer, you’ll want to install an outlet splitter under the sink. Moen sent that bracket along with an optional AC adapter and power splitter that converts the battery pack into a backup power supply. The optional power supply (right) turns the standard battery pack into a backup power supply.įortunately, Moen offers an optional bracket (see above) that you can use to mount the control box to the wall instead of hanging it from the faucet’s shaft. The U by Moen installed in the optional mounting bracket. Between all that wood, the garbage disposer, and the sink’s 1.5-inch-thick walls, there’s not a lot of room to work under there-especially at the back of the sink where the control box would hang from the faucet. To support that weight, the cabinet in which it’s installed is reinforced with extra bracing, and the sink itself rests atop a thick sheet of plywood. This design posed a problem for my installation because my kitchen has a fireclay apron-front sink that weighs 173 pounds. By default, the control box clips to the bracket for the faucet’s pull-down hose, which mounts in turn to the faucet’s threaded shank. You’ll also need to connect a power cable from the control box to the power supply, and a data cable from the control box to the faucet. The U by Moen smart faucet depends on 6 D batterries, which are installed in this box you’ll hang on the cabinet wall under the sink. You’ll connect the hot and cold water supply lines under your sink to the control box, and then connect the single supply line emerging from the box to the faucet (hot and cold water is mixed in the control box, so only one line needs to be connected to the faucet). The biggest difference is that this one comes with a control box and a power source (a plastic box into which you’ll insert six D batteries, which are included in the box). Installing the U by Moen smart faucet isn’t appreciably different than installing a conventional faucet. If nothing else, it is geeky fun and a great way to impress visitors to your smart home.
If you use tap water for drinking and cooking, as well as for washing your hands and dishes, I suspect you’ll find voice control much more useful. My well water has very high levels of calcium and other dissolved minerals (in common terminology, my well provides very hard water), so we purchase locally sourced bottled spring water for drinking.
I love my handmade farmhouse sink, but it seriously complicates changing out the faucet.īut that could be because I live in a rural area and draw my water from a well.
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