- Motion Detector senstitivty - 3 Updates
| vjp2.at@at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.com: May 24 12:48PM Ever since the quake a few years ago the motion detector switch by my front hall has been too sensitive, causing me to use it manually. I opened it to look for a sensitivty adjuser, no luck. Am considering putting masking tape over the sensor to make it less sensitive. Or to put a box around it (ie, wall it offon sides). Other Ideas? Maybe the quake caused a crack in my wall I can't see. I was squating when the quake hit and fell on my face. Yes, in outer NYC. I have two other such switches of the same make and age, no problem. - = - Vasos Panagiotopoulos, Columbia'81+, Reagan, Mozart, Pindus blog: panix.com/~vjp2/ruminatn.htm - = - web: panix.com/~vjp2/vasos.htm facebook.com/vasjpan2 - linkedin.com/in/vasjpan02 - biostrategist.com ---{Nothing herein constitutes advice. Everything fully disclaimed.}--- |
| Michael Terrell <terrell.michael.a@gmail.com>: May 24 06:09AM -0700 > Maybe the quake caused a crack in my wall I can't see. I was squatting when > the quake hit and fell on my face. Yes, in outer NYC. I have two other such > switches of the same make and age, no problem. The quake may have changed the aim, and the focal point Try adusting its aim. Mine are least sensitive, dead center, since they detect a differential in temperatures. I had to aim one at a wall, to use it in a long hallway. |
| ABLE1 <somewhere@nowhere.net>: May 24 09:09AM -0400 > Maybe the quake caused a crack in my wall I can't see. I was squating when > the quake hit and fell on my face. Yes, in outer NYC. I have two other such > switches of the same make and age, no problem. Most motion detectors use infrared temperature sensing to trigger. It stabilizes on background temperatures. When a warm object moves into it's range it senses the temperature rise and triggers the rest of the circuit. Very doubtful your issue has anything to do with the earthquake. Some not all have some kind of sensitivity adjustment. More likely it is due to age more than anything. Replace with a better model(one that has adj.) Good Luck!! |
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