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Snow on house causing wireless trouble

I posted in November about some problems with my wireless alarm setup.
I had some very good replies saying that something must have changed
in my home etc. Well you guys were right. I think it had something to
do with the mountain of snow on top of the house. Replacing batteries
actually helped but I was still getting erratic behavior from some of
my keypads and sensors. Now that some of the snow is melting
everything is working great.
 
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Petem

Jan 1, 1970
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I posted in November about some problems with my wireless alarm setup.
I had some very good replies saying that something must have changed
in my home etc. Well you guys were right. I think it had something to
do with the mountain of snow on top of the house. Replacing batteries
actually helped but I was still getting erratic behavior from some of
my keypads and sensors. Now that some of the snow is melting
everything is working great.

SNOW!! wow!!

I never imagine that it could be a problem with a wireless system but now
that you bring that up...its a possibility..
 
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nick markowitz

Jan 1, 1970
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I posted in November about some problems with my wireless alarm setup.
I had some very good replies saying that something must have changed
in my home etc. Well you guys were right. I think it had something to
do with the mountain of snow on top of the house. Replacing batteries
actually helped but I was still getting erratic behavior from some of
my keypads and sensors. Now that some of the snow is melting
everything is working great.

Snow can deflect radio waves we see it all the time in broadcast
industry with sattelite dishes
 
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Crash Gordon

Jan 1, 1970
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I would think that would help, seeing as though the snow is outside the
house and the radio waves are inside.



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**Crash Gordon**
 
I would think that would help, seeing as though the snow is outside the
house and the radio waves are inside.

Thats what I would of thought also. Radio waves can be unpredictable.
Their characteristics also change depending on the frequency from what
I've read. I suppose it could still be something else but I don't
know what. If I notice problems again after a big snow I will be
quite sure the snow is causing the trouble.

I think they should bump up the power in wireless transmitters. Even
if the battery was every year instead of 2-5 years it would be more
reliable. Anyway once i have more time I'm going to convert to mostly
wired.
 
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Frank Olson

Jan 1, 1970
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Petem said:
SNOW!! wow!!

I never imagine that it could be a problem with a wireless system but
now that you bring that up...its a possibility..


It's the lead fallout in the snow... It was bound to get here from
China some day... :)
 
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nick markowitz

Jan 1, 1970
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It's the lead fallout in the snow...  It was bound to get here from
China some day...  :)- Hide quoted text -

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for all the hooray about 900 MHz it has its problems. deflecting off
items where lower frequencies do not.
the one 900 MHz that does work all the time is inovonics other wise i
stay with the 305/350 stuff
it also has a lot to do where the receiver is located and how much
metal is in a structure some metallized wall paper causes problems as
well.
 
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Petem

Jan 1, 1970
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Frank Olson said:
It's the lead fallout in the snow... It was bound to get here from China
some day... :)

On your side of the country maybe.. but here we are still safe.. ;-)
 
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Jim

Jan 1, 1970
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Thats what I would of thought also. Radio waves can be unpredictable.
Their characteristics also change depending on the frequency from what
I've read. �I suppose it could still be something else but I don't
know what. �If I notice problems again after a big snow I will be
quite sure the snow is causing the trouble.

I think they should bump up the power in wireless transmitters. Even
if the battery was every year instead of 2-5 years it would be more
reliable. �Anyway once i have more time I'm going to convert to mostly
wired.

Although I've used wireless system for many years, I still will make a
wired system first choice mostly for other reasons than have been
discussed here.

Increasing the power output would infringe an FCC limitation on this
type of equipment. Usually the upgrade is in the sensitivity of the
receivers. But, of course this has it's disadvantages also.

So ............. in the interest of inquiring minds .............. we
hope you have a lot more snow.

Keep us posted.
 
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