Rooster Booster support

On these pages you will find information that will help you maintain your roosterbooster. There is a Question and Answer section with questions that have been asked and possible solutions.

Remember to change your back-up battery

The back-up battery fitted in all rooster boosters to keep the timer running when the main battery is being changed/charged will need changing once a year under normal conditions. If the internal battery becomes flat the Rooster Booster will re-set itself each time the main battery is disconnected, this will make the Rooster Booster appear as though it is operating incorrectly.
Refer to the maintenance section of the Installation Guide for instruction on how to change the back-up battery.

My Rooster Booster is not working!

On rare occasions the timer unit may stop working and need to be reset. To reset the timer do the following:

Unplug the sensor from the box.
Disconnect the main battery.
Remove the internal backup battery.

Wait for two minutes and then in this order.

1. Reconnect the internal backup battery.
2. Reconnect the main battery.
3. Plug the sensor in and expose it to the light.

Doing this should reset the timer and start the unit running as it did when you first installed it. Refer to the installation guide.

If your battery clip looks like this it is not good!

Corrosion around the battery clip and inside of the fuse holder next to the battery clip has been the only problem on two units that were returned not working.
Help stop this happening by keeping the battery terminals clean and lightly greased Apply a thin film of light grease around the battery clips and on the contacts inside the fuse holder. Not too much, as grease will act as an insulator.