Aqara Water Leak Sensors: Doesn't change status

Hardware
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Hi there,

I have an Aqara Water Leak Sensor (lumi.sensor_wleak.aq1) connected via Conbee II.
Everytime the sensors gets wet, the moisture status in HA doesn’t change back to dry in a timely manner, if the device gets dry again. Sometimes it takes hours to days and I don’t know how to force HA to change the status.

Anyone with the same issue?

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I have two of these and they respond to dryness quite quickly.

At the risk of a daft question, is your sensor definitely dry?

I have found that even a slight dampness on the bathroom floor can be enough to cause a wet status - especially with the metal screws extended.

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The sensor is definitely dry. Currently it is lying on a non-conductive surface. It even doesn’t matter if I extend the detection screws via wire. Is it possible to force HA to reset the status?

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I don’t think this would be practical.

Have you tried resetting and re-pairing it - close to your coordinator and then testing it?

Is it maybe a connection or interference issue?

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It may sound daft but try rinsing it and drying with a towel. I needed to do this when mine wouldn’t change back after being out of water for a while. I supposed there was a conductive deposit on the surface.

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Thanks for the hint. This seems to solve the problem. I re-tested it several times and status changed immediately from wet to dry and vice versa. Hopefully it stays that way :wink: Thanks so far!

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Funnily enough I’m having the same issue with an aeotec pro water sensor. It occasionally gets stuck in dry mode even though it’s wet. Had to do a hard reset and dry it out and then it was fine.
Its done this twice and really doesn’t fill me with confidence.

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As a bonus item, I find that attaching strings of (uncoated) paper clips to the Aqara sensor increases the coverage in a very useful way.

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@templeton_nash Interesting, would you please share a photo, or describe “attaching strings of (uncoated) paper clips” ?

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same issue here, these sensors are useless, if you can’t trust them, they are simply useless.

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@sblantipodi are you also referring to the * [

AEOTEC ZWA019-C Water sensor 7 ProAEOTEC ZWA019-C Water sensor 7 Pro

](https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B093F562DW/)

thanks