Wasted $200 on a wireless alarm panel that kept dropping signal last summer

Honestly, I thought I was saving money by going with a cheaper wireless panel for a customer's house last August. Ngl, it took me three service calls to figure out the panel was losing connection to the sensors every time the HVAC kicked on. The interference was so bad the customer almost canceled the whole contract. I ended up ripping it out and putting in a wired system, which cost me about $200 in lost labor and wasted parts. Has anyone else run into wireless gear that just can't handle a standard home?

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lily5746d ago

Oh, I feel your pain on this one. I had a similar mess with a wireless motion detector last fall that would go offline every time the garage door opened. Took me way too long to realize the opener was putting out some kind of radio noise that just killed the signal. Ended up having to run a wire across the ceiling to get it working right. These wireless systems sound great in the box but they just don't hold up in a real house with all the normal electrical stuff running.

noahward6d ago

@lily574 you might be blaming the wireless when really it's just a garage opener problem.