Hi All. I’ve been a member of this group for about 4 years now and have never chimed in here. I primarily participate in the two Facebook pages and on Acurite’s own forum. In any case, I though it’d be nice to get involved here.
While not an electronics engineer, I have over 20 years of extensive knowledge with computer networking, topology, and peotocols as well as trouble shooting up tp and including disaster recovery.
My experience with Acurite goes back about 5 years. I got a 5-in-1 that came with an LCD display with scrolling text, and a “WeatherBridge”. Everything worked great. Except the scrolling text was hard to read. One call to Acurite and I had their brand new (at my the time) color LCD display (also with scrolling text - but readable!). I was the weather guru for friends and family. Then there was the big software/firmware upgrade that converted the WeatherBridge to the SmartHUB. Zero problems, flawless in place upgrade. I then ordered a dual panel upgrade for the 5-in-1’s ambient air flow fan. Easy install. The next issue I had was that my 5-in-1 stopped giving proper humidity readings. It was stuck at 99% all the time. I contacted Acurite and the were aware that this happens. My unit was too old for the $10 replacement part to work, so I bought a new 5-in-1 and when it was delivered I immediately a :roll:put the Pro top on it (the dual solar panel unit). All was well again. That’s when the Access was released. I jumped on the $90 discount offer right away. I followed the directions to the letter and it worked flawlessly. I was amazed at the increased signal strength. I added four (4) temperature/humidity sensors to my setup (one for a gun safe, one for a garage, and the others to monitor a couple of indoor areas. They all work flawlessly. My next two additions consist of a temperature/humidity sensor with a leak detector for my laundry room (just in case the water heater or the clotheswasher have an issue) and one of those battery extension units for the 5-in-1 so I don’t have to climb up on the shingles of my roof every year to swap out batteries. I’ll be able to do it at the eave instead.
So I am a happy customer with excellent equipment. I have had none of the issues I hear the very loud whiners complaining about. I have offered suggestions to help others and all that seems to happen is a widening of the right between the silent group of happy users (I’d say at least 98.5%) and the very vocal and extremely rude whiners that comprise about 1.5%. The problem is that their whining is louder than my smiling.
The point of this post is to say that if you’re willing to come to for advice, I will gladly provide it. But when your system starts to work, you need to spread,the word,that it is not Acurite’s fault, it’s the fault of,the users who take things out of the box, don’t read the instructions and then start doing things their way instead of doing them the right way.
I am here to help those who admit they need it. Sass
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Thanks!