Moen 169031 Optional AC Adapter Service Kit for Moen Kitchen Faucets with MotionSense

I purchased this AC adapter for my Moen MotionSense kitchen faucet. Thankfully, I read a review here before I made my purchase. Yes, this AC power adapter works seamlessly with the provided 6 AAA battery power pack which comes with the faucet. However, when you plug it in, there MUST be constant power to the outlet you plug it into. I realize this seems like a given, but (as noted by a previous reviewer) if the outlet powers the garbage disposal which is controlled by a wall switch, you have to get a countertop mounted garbage disposal button installed as well. Easy! This button allows you to leave the switch on to power the under-sink outlet, then you plug both the faucet AC adapter and the garbage disposal. My InSinkErator garbage disposal countertop button even has an addition outlet on the under-sink control power box! I’m thankful to have I read about the power issue in a review here, so I hope this review helps you! Fabulous not having to change batteries, and this adapter can be used with/without the battery pack. However, plugging in the battery pack gives you backup power if there’s an outage.

Update: it has been five months since we purchased this. So far, so good. It works perfectly and the batteries are still in place and not changed. It is nice to have this ac adapter. Dec 2020) Now here is the original review: It works well; it was super easy to install. It is nicely labeled so anyone could make the connections/plug in the cords. Without it, our batteries lasted 5 weeks of frequent use by two adults and two teens. After changing the batteries twice, we got this setup. I am sure everyone thinks Moen should have included this setup into any of their wifi faucet boxes. Also, I am sure everyone says "ouch" at the price of this power supply and tiny control box so you can see the lights to determine if AC current is in use, or if batteries are, or if batteries need replacing. I read reviews that say yes, the faucet works in a power outage or if batteries are dead-just use the faucet-and that is just not so. No power, no water period. If the batteries go down to 20% and you do not have this power supply, your faucet temporarily disconnects from your wifi and no, you have no water. So you absolutely 100% want this power supply so you are not using batteries 24/7 and only just when the power is out (think windstorm has knocked out the power lines). With this power supply, your batteries are a backup; they should last a long time. So this is a great product, it works, and I can recommend it. You simply have to have it or you will be swapping out your D cell batteries every month. I think the faucet battery pack is supposed to use "regular batteries" and not lithium batteries. The point is if you bite the bullet and buy this, it is easy to install and it works; you are off battery-changing protocol.

It is Moen, so of course, it works perfectly. The aftermarket ones will likely be fine, but I KNEW this one would be plug and play. It really is nice to eliminate the battery issue.

This is great have as a battery backup. I did not realize the entire faucet was electronic; even the manual lever will not turn on the water if the power is lost. Mount this toward the front of the cabinet so you can easily see the steady green light to make sure the batteries are good and still plugged in. The light status is a great feature of this so you know battery and power status as well bad connection. I have not had mine long enough to know how long the batteries last but we do not lose power that often where we are so I suspect a long time. Note this does not charge the batteries so you need to use good quality Alkaline batteries. Seems a little pricy but there really are not any other options that have these features that I could find.

We got this when we upgraded our faucet in the kitchen with one of the new motion sense units. On the old one that we had, the side handle still controlled the water even without power, so if we lost power, we could still use the faucet manually. This being said, the new one is controlled entirely electronically, so if you have a plug in adapter only, the faucet won't turn on if power is out. Enter this device.. It is an AC adapter with a switching box that will switch over to battery power if the power is out. So far, it seems to work fine. Moen seems to be VERY proud of this device (given its high cost for what it is) that should have been included with the faucet. Regardless, it seems to work well, I just wish that it wasn't as expensive as it is.

I recently installed a new Moen Georgenes faucet with touchless control. This faucet comes with a battery pack of six AA batteries. Since the actual valves are located, not in the faucet handle, but in a control unit which clips to the base of the faucet under the sink, all the handle does to send an electrical signal to the control unit to turn on or off to regulate the flow valves. Without the battery pack connected, the faucet will not work. This power unit, which can be plugged into, in my case, a receptacle in the sink cabinet, then powers the faucet. The batteries thus become standby rather than primary for power delivery to the control unit. I called Moen and their price was significantly more than the Amazon price. I would have had to have paid shipping from Moen as well. The Moen lady suggested that I shop around on the Internet, (hint hint).

This should come standard with any Moen Smart faucet. We installed a smart faucet by moen and got frustrated at replacing the batteries all the time. They take 6 D batteries and we were replacing them every other month. Installing this reduced the use of the batteries and now that can be used it the power ever goes out and you still need to use the faucet. This product made it so we didn’t replace the faucet.

Our house was built 30 years ago and we did not have a garbage disposal, but we had a receptacle under the sink. At first this thing didn’t work, but I did a tester and it had no power to it so it was never wired up so I had to trace wires back wired up and now it works perfect.

Working very well and with accurate output.

Better than having to use batteries for the faucet.

This kit is perfect to convert the battery operated faucet into AC powered, yet keeping battery as the back up. Because if there is no AC power the faucet will not work and hence you also have NO WATER! Its expenseive but it does the job.

I have 2 moen faucets with motion sense in my kitchen which are very practical when your hands are dirty,but problem is they are taking each 8 D batteries ,it’s was costing me a fortune on batteries until I found this amazing adapter,I definitely recommend getting this with you have motion sense faucets ,super easy to install too

Works perfect with sensor touch faucet