Re: False motion alarm last night - Unexplained

["Jim Rojas" <jrojas@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Open the sensor. You might have a spider or another type of insect inside.
Some motions aren't designed for harsh environments like the garage area. I
would replace it with a Sentrol PI6000, or an Ademco Aurora. I have these
motions in warehouses with rats, cats, & birds, with no problems.

Jim Rojas



<briansgooglegroupemail@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> So I had my first false alarm last night, two years after having
> installed my Ademco system.  It was a motion detector in my garage that
> tripped, which was curious since the side garage door sensor had not
> been tripped.  Called the cops in anyhow, and as I suspected, the coast
> was clear.  So I went out to inspect the sensor... One thing I noticed
> was that there were ALOT of cob webs around the motion detector that
> tripped.  I cleaned them all away, but what I'm wondering is what can
> it really take to trip one of the wireless Ademco motions?  I haven't
> found any trace (droppings, etc) of any varmits in the garage, so am
> rather stumped.  I would love to hear theories or just "once in 2 years
> aint bad" from the experts.
>
> Thanks!!
>