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Installed a motion sensor upside down and didn't realize for 3 hours
I was at a house in Arlington last Tuesday, wiring up a new DSC panel in their basement. Stuck a motion sensor on the wall, felt pretty good about it, then went to test it and nothing happened. Turns out I had it mounted upside down the whole time, so the pet immunity was pointing at the ceiling instead of the floor. Felt like a total goof when I flipped it and everything worked perfect. Anybody else done something like that on a job?
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luna2614mo ago
My buddy Phil did that with a garage door sensor, took him four hours to notice.
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blair_torres704mo ago
Man that's rough, I feel for the guy. Four hours is a long time to be messing with something that should've clicked way sooner. Hopefully he got a good laugh out of it eventually.
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abbyhall4mo ago
Did he at least get a beer out of it? Would've earned one after that.
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kai8394mo ago
Did you at least check the polarity on the jumper settings before testing it again or just flip and pray? I've done that once with a dual-tech and it turns out the sensor was fine but I had the vertical adjustment wrong the whole time. Would've saved myself the walk of shame if I'd read the manual first lol.
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