Delta Touch Faucet
 

So just past our one year warranty and our touch faucet wouldn’t turn on. Blinking red 3 times. Had to go to Utube to find the cause before calling Mike Scott.

So turns out there is a battery pack screwed into back of cabinet. It’s black, so hard to see.

Takes 6AA batteries, replaced them, making sure you remove, replace same sequence.
The faucet is back to working. Too much of a pain to attach back of cabinets, so just stood it against back wall behind hoses.

So if your Delta stops working in a year, fish out the battery pack, and load new batteries. Funny smoke detectors haven’t chirped, yet but dead batteries for faucets.

Had no idea it ran off batteries, guessing will have to add to yearly battery detector change dates.

Wow. I never understood the need for a touch faucet. I won't be buying one.

This may be of use Amazon.com It may require installing a duplex outlet in place of the single outlet used for the garbage disposal. The duplex outlet would have to be split because the disposal outlet is controlled by a switch.

Apples & Oranges. The amount of drain on a smoke alarm vs. opening and closing a water value.

In case something fails, Delta, Moen, etc have great warranties. Some are lifetime. But not for batteries.

Typically, an alkaline battery in a smoke alarm will last about 5 years before it starts to chirp. There is no need to replace these batteries every 6 months like some people recommend. The batteries are only used for backup if your electricity goes out. Otherwise, the smoke alarm system operates on house power.

I think why didn’t we have a touch faucet before!

When your hands are all dirty or greasy it is very easy to just touch any part of the faucet with the back of your hand, wrist, or even your elbow to turn the faucet on.

Delta does have a very good warranty for its products.

Faucet was installed at build, by Mike Scott, paperwork is not in the pile of paperwork.
We Cook and Bake at our house. I know we are not the typical Villager, since we rarely eat out.
Our reasons for touch

Turning water on and off without using hands not only keeps faucets less germ transfer, but fingerprints

Just cut up chicken, definitely don’t want that transfer on anything

Dough, dredge, grease hands says it all. We are installing a touch faucet in the laundry room soon, coming in from garden work I can keep work space cleaner.

This is the first touch faucet I had that requires batteries, at our other homes must have been hard wired. Maybe it a Delta design.

Batteries or not it’s not something I would omit in any of our kitchens

Delta Faucet offers an A/C Power Supply Adapter (EP73954) that can replace the battery pack in a Delta Touch2O kitchen sink faucet with consistent A/C power. This adapter can be plugged into any non-switched 115-Volt outlet in the kitchen sink cabinet. The adapter eliminates the need for batteries and allows for hands-free operation of the faucet.

We have had a Delta Allegro touch faucet. Ours requires battery replacement about every 9 months. It is a PITA because the battery casing doesn’t clip together well. That being said, wouldn’t be without a touch faucet in the kitchen. It’s my understanding that some models support a DC adapter. If you have an unswitched outlet under the sink, it might be the way to go.

Have you had a house built in the last 2 years? Half of our smoke alarms were chirping the day they were installed. Second half chirping day of final walkthrough. Batteries replaced again.

68 days later 3am 6 wildly chirping alarms. We replaced all batteries 2 more times. 2 months prior to 1 year warranty, smoke alarms were replaced.

New ones are 3 months old, 1 began it 4am wake up call.

I thought about using a baseball bat, but all ceilings are 10’ so that’s not going to work.

At least the heavily used faucet took 13 months for new batteries

Have you checked the breaker box to make sure the smoke alarms are connected to the house power? The batteries should only be used when there is a power outage. Otherwise, the batteries just stay dorment in the smoke detectors. One way to extend the battery life is to use lithium batteries, which are supposed to last 10 years. Alkaline batteries should last about 5 years.

Wow seems like much more trouble than its worth

way too much trouble for a faucet.

Why ask us? Call Delta. They warranty and stand behind their products. Moen and Delta for life!

I didn't see the OP ask anything. I saw the post as useful information that may save someone time and trouble in the future.

I eventually replaced my smoke alarms with 10 year lithium models from Lowes. Buy the same brand you currently have and the existing backplate can be reused in the new detectors. It saves a lot of time. I did this 3 years ago and so far nary a chirp.
I’ll see what happens in the next 7…

Our last house before TV had 20' ceilings in the kitchen and living/dining room, requiring the use of an extension ladder to change the batteries in the detectors. I did my best to change the back-up batteries on a schedule before they would fail and start "chirping". However, batteries don't always keep to a schedule. For two years straight, one of the detectors started chirping, once when I was away on a golf trip and once a hunting trip. I came home to a very PO'd wife who, being unable to handle an extension ladder, relied on the generosity of a neighbor to replace the batteries. Of course, the batteries had failed in the wee hours of the morning and it was 8+ hours of constant chirping before she could get them replaced.

To resolve the problem, I removed all of the hard-wired/battery back-up detectors, capped off the electrical wires, and replaced them with First Alert detectors powered by a 10 yr, single-use, lithium battery. We lived in the house for five more years before moving to TV, without having a problem with any of the new detectors. Removing and replacing the standard hard-wired/battery back-up detectors with the First Alert 10 year detectors was one of the first things I did after we settled into our new house. If I outlive the new 10 year detectors, I'll again replace them. To date, none has failed in the 4 years we've lived here.

[QUOTE=retiredguy123;2333526]Wow. I never understood the need for a touch faucet. I won't be buying one.[/

Never understood why people don’t KITY
(Keep it to yourself )
When have so little to offer to the conversation.

Delta Touch Faucet
 

It’s great you only had to replace the batteries after a year! We have been changing ours about every 2 months! I do wash my hands A LOT during the day so the faucet is being used a lot throughout the day. But every 2 months is a pain. I sometimes wish we didn’t order this faucet.

The only difference between the regular detectors and the sealed detectors is that the sealed ones have 9-volt lithium battery.
But you can buy lithium batteries for the regular detectors and get the same lifespan. However, if you have a situation where the detector is not hardwired to your house power (stand alone), you need a sealed detector to comply with the building code.

You have violated Florida building code regulations. That might become an issue if you have a fire, and then file an insurance claim. When an adjuster observes your setup, they would likely use it as an excuse against paying your claim, in partial or in full. The words "what other work was illegally done that contributed to this damage" will be heard.

Building code: "Newly built or renovated homes must have smoke alarms that are hardwired with a battery backup, interconnected, and UL-listed."

A 10-year lithium battery sealed standalone unit is allowed only to replace an existing standalone detector, or add a new one elsewhere.

Before someone posts "prove it"... here you go. One source of many.
Learn About Fire Safety Laws in Your State | Kidde
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[QUOTE=Vickim;2334099]Really? Other posters made the same comment that I did.

I agree. The sealed smoke alarms should only be used in special situations where you need a standalone detector. Otherwise, all of the detectors should be connected to the house power. If you want a 10-year detector, just replace the backup batteries with lithium batteries.

Like the OP, we are avid cooks and now have the same faucet. While it is a bit of a hassle changing the batteries, having the touch feature is great when you are in the midst of working with chicken or have hands covered in flour, oil, etc. We have left the battery case lying on the bottom of the cabinet. However, if your idea of cooking is ordering takeout, then this isn’t the faucet for you.