Re: Motion detector placement

["alarman" <nospam@xxxxxxxx>]

KingFish wrote:
> "alarman" <nospam@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:Urc1l.5539$hs1.3050@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> KingFish wrote:
>>> In some continuing education tests I took a few years ago there was
>>> a question about motion sensor placement.  They were teaching that
>>> corner mount was an incorrect placement for a motion sensor.  What
>>> do you guys think about that?  There sole reasoning was that
>>> spiders set up webs in corners  and will cause false alarms.  IN
>>> the past I have used a lot of corner mount locations for motion
>>> sensors and have had a falsy or two from spider activity in a house
>>> where the people were slobs.  Now I think about that when I place
>>> motions.  Corners are sometimes the best place but now I take into
>>> consideration the building and the people and will they keep the
>>> place clean or not.  I use fewer corner mount locations now because
>>> of those CEU's.
>>
>> I avoid corners when possible for that reason; what I started doing a
>> while back when I really need to put one in a corner, was to place
>> it on the wall about 6 inches off the corner . That way, I get all
>> the bang, but am somewhat removed from cobweb city. Seems to work
>> pretty well.
>
> -are you using the angle [corner] mount holes on one side of the pir
> with that 6" trick?  or is the pir mounted flat against the wall?

The detector is angled on the wall.

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