Hit 100 false alarms at the same house in Bellevue

Got a call from a regular client, the motion sensor in their sunroom kept tripping. After the 100th trip in a month, I went back and found their new pet parrot, Mango, had learned to mimic the system's beep and was setting it off by squawking at the sensor. What's the weirdest thing you've found causing a persistent false alarm?

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anthonys6025d ago

That parrot story is wild. Had a case where a loose floorboard would creak and vibrate just right to trip a glass break sensor.

wells.christopher25d ago

Honestly, I used to think those sensors were pretty foolproof. Reading what anthonys60 said about the floorboard really changed my mind. It shows how a tiny, normal thing in a house can set them off. Makes you wonder how many false alarms happen from stuff like that. Tbh, it's a good reminder that tech can be tricked by the real world. Now I get why people complain about them being too sensitive sometimes.

morganmartinez25d ago

Wow, that makes me wonder if the sensors are picking up on sounds we can't even hear.