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I finally listened to that old installer about sensor placement...
A guy with 20 years in told me my motion sensors were too high, up near the ceiling. I moved them down to about 4 feet off the floor and my false alarm calls dropped by half last month, anyone else had that happen?
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garcia.laura10d ago
Had you ever considered that heat rises and that's what was causing the false alarms? I run a small business and we always tell people to think about where hot air collects when they set up sensors. Near the ceiling, that rising heat can make the sensor think something is moving when it's just a draft or a warm vent turning on. Dropping them to chest height puts them where the actual body heat is and cuts out all that nonsense.
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grace_white10d ago
Ngl, my dad has been doing security installs for 25 years and he said the exact same thing. He said most people mount those sensors way too high because they think it looks cleaner or keeps them out of reach. Honestly though, the heat thing is real, I had a sensor in my garage triggered by the water heater kicking on every single time. Dropping it down to chest height stopped that completely, and my false alarm rate went from like 3 a week to maybe one every few months.
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