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I finally figured out why my panel kept false alarming at 3am
Last month I installed a new DSC system in a house near the train tracks in Portland. Every night at exactly 3:17am the motion sensor in the living room would trip. I spent three days swapping out the sensor, rewiring the zone, and even replacing the panel. Turns out the customer had a ceiling fan with a loose blade that cast shadows when the train rumbled by. I put the sensor back where I started and just adjusted the sensitivity down a notch. Problem solved after a week of headache. Has anyone else dealt with weird false alarms from something like a fan or a heater kicking on?
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daniel4744d ago
@mitchell.lee definitely not a ghost but the spider web thing is wild. Used to laugh at those stories till I found one myself, now I check every possible angle first.
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mitchell.lee5d ago
Did you ever think it was a ghost? I used to think all these alarms had simple explanations too until I found a spider web triggering a beam detector at 2am.
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