Re: Window sensors

[Crash Gordon® <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Personally I cringe when I see moving transmitters...dunno why some guys =
put the transmitter on the moving part of the door/window anyway.


"Mike Cooper" <mcooper674@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message =
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> Crash Gordon=AE wrote:
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> > Depends on how good you are at fishing wires up to the top of window =
from the existing contact...not an easy task!
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> > If the layout of the home allows...maybe add more motion =
detectors...except you cant use them at night if they are in an area you =
may want to walk through.
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> > ...screw the tops closed with removable pins/screws?
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> > <TheAberdeenKid@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message =
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> >>hmmm. I wish the alarm contracotor had thought of that when he ran =
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> >>wires...is there anything I can do at this point to close the loop =
in
> >>that hole...
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> Probably not an attractive option to use wireless transmitters seeing=20
> how your windows have already been wired, but one method I've seen =
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> (for those who might see double-hung windows as a real pain) is to=20
> attach the transmitter to the bottom half, and the magnet to the top=20
> half, at that midway point where the two halves are up against each=20
> other.  You might have to use a shallow magnet if you don't have=20
> sufficient clearance between the two halves, so that opening the =
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> window won't bump the magnet or knock it off completely.