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Thread ID: 147653	2019-02-22 03:27:00	Sorry, not computers, just wanting some advise.	ianhnz (4263)	Press F1

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1458482	2019-02-28 22:59:00	I had a wireless one of these at the gate some years ago. It gave far too many false alarms. Even a bird landing on the gatepost would set it off. Good luck.	Tbird650 (6754)
1458483	2019-03-05 07:56:00	Hi Paul. Could you give us the Brand, Type and where you bought it. And the price if you are willing. Thanks. John My Trademe history doesn't show the purchase I made, but here's a link to the same item... www.trademe.co.nz 900 $20 or less. They can give false alarms. Sunlight moving across the room / curtains blowing / pets, or in my case a beneficial alarm was when the device was inside the garage, but the garage was closed. It alerted in the middle of the night. I went to investigate and found a rat had climbed the garage door, and while watching it run away I discovered it had learnt to follow the wiring into the ceiling cavity, where it had nested. Happy to say I dealt to that intruder ASAP. It is also possible for it to fail to alert. In this case, since I use it primarily to alert me to my (senile dementia) mother being on the move in the middle of the night. In mums case she can move at such a glacial pace that she can pop her feet on the floor without setting it off (the device is watching the edge and underside of her bed). It's more of a problem if she's got heavy socks on, which 'conceal' the body heat of her feet from the sensor. Overall I'd say it's fine, and most false alarms can be resolved with careful placement of the sensor.	Paul.Cov (425)
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