Ditched the wireless sensors for hardwired after a false alarm disaster last Tuesday

I was all about wireless sensors for like two years, thought they were faster to install. Then last Tuesday at 3 AM, a neighbor's garage door opener chirped on the same frequency and set off the whole system. The homeowner was livid, and I spent an hour driving over to reset it. That one night convinced me hardwired is way more reliable, even if it takes an extra 30 minutes per zone. Has anyone else had a wireless sensor go rogue like that?

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paulw8723d ago

Blame the hardware instead of your install process. Wireless works fine if you actually set them up right with channel scanning and frequency hopping modules. That neighbor's garage door issue is a setup mistake, not a wireless problem. I've got over forty wireless zones across three properties with zero false alarms in five years. Hardwired has its own headaches too - mice chew through the cables, moisture gets in the connections, and good luck running wires through a finished basement. Plus you can't easily relocate hardwired sensors when the homeowner rearranges their furniture. Sounds like you just got lazy with the install and now you're blaming the technology instead of your own shortcuts.

terrybennett23d ago

Exactly, I had a similar headache last month when my wireless door sensor went off because a neighbor's cordless phone rang at 2 AM.