Re: Failure rate of window / door magnetic sensors

["Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It happens, usually it welds the switches closed, which is why we always
recommend the homeowner test all openings at least once a year but
definitely after a major lightning storm nearby.  I've never found one go
open though.



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Crash Gordon
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<borne@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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|I installed my own security system 8 years ago.  Last week, lightning
| struck our house and fried all sorts of things.  I discovered about
| half of my window and door magnetic switches were bad.  The control
| panel was fried, but I fixed that.
|
| I have Ademco mini stick on NC sensors.  Of the broken ones, all but
| one was broken so that they are always closed.  One broke always
| open.
|
| I can assume the one that was open was caused by the lightning
| strike.  But what about the others that are broken closed?  Did the
| lighting do that, or do these types of switches fail over the years?
|
| Thanks
|