Question about a weird attic sensor placement that actually worked

Had a client in a 1920s house with a weird crawlspace that kept setting off the motion detector, so I moved it to a corner where the roof pitch meets the wall and angled it down. Anyone else have a go-to spot for tricky spaces like that?

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wendy13117d ago

Yeah, I get what you mean. It's like when people get too stuck on the perfect way to do something and miss the fix that actually works. I see it with my dad trying to follow a recipe exactly while the food burns. Sometimes the weird fix, like that corner angle, is the only thing that stops the false alarms. I mean, @the_simon isn't wrong about the blind spot, but if the sensor was useless before, a working one with a small gap is still a win, right?

hollyl2517d ago

My dad's the same with his car's backup camera. He spent weeks trying to get the factory angle perfect, but it still showed mostly pavement. He finally just tilted it up a bit with a wedge of foam. Now he can see the curb. Is the_simon talking about a specific sensor model where the blind spot is a total deal-breaker, or is it more of a general perfectionist thing? Like, how big of a gap are we actually talking about here?

the_simon17d ago

Sounds like a bad idea to me. That placement would miss most of the room and create a huge blind spot. You're basically leaving the whole center area wide open.