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| Topic: | Will X10 lights cause alarm system to go off? This thread has 10 replies. Displaying all posts. |
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| Post 1 made on Thursday October 9, 2003 at 15:46 |
MX700X10 Long Time Member |
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I plan to have a setup that will turn on the hallway lights automatically at a specific time using the mini timer before I come home. I wonder this will cause the alarm system to go off.
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| Post 2 made on Thursday October 9, 2003 at 16:18 |
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Gee thats a good question!
DETAILS! DETAILS! DETAILS!
This is not the Psychic hotline, tell us about your 'setup' and your alarm system, what triggers the alarm, sound, motion, LIGHT?
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| OP | Post 3 made on Thursday October 9, 2003 at 18:07 |
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Oh sorry. Basically my alarm system has a motion sensor facing the hallway. When I'm not home, the motion sensor is activated to detect intruder. I'm afraid that the lights will trigger the alarm's motion sensor when they are turned on by the mini timer. The X10 setup is for a 3-way circuit: SwitchLinc 2384 (Master) and 2382 (companion) which control 2 hallway lights, and an X10 mini timer (MT10A). Hope I give you enough details...
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| Post 4 made on Thursday October 9, 2003 at 22:23 |
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Most if not all motion detectors are IR based. Therefore, to detect motion it has to be motion from a warm and moving onbject. Also, motion detector have a minimum as well as a maximum operating temperature. If it gets too cold they simply do not detect motion as most of the heat is quickly absorbed by the cold air, if it gets too warm the motion detector can not detect heat a moving body as everything is at the same potential. Pet immune detectors (PIR) are made so that they only detect a moving IR/heat generating source of greater than 40-70Lbs to activate the motion detector at a given distance (usually 8-45 ft. range).
A normal household light, turning on, does not generate enough of a moving heat wave to set off a properly working motion detector.
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| Post 5 made on Friday October 10, 2003 at 11:20 |
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Been doing this for years, never had a false alarm.
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| Post 6 made on Saturday October 11, 2003 at 11:28 |
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| OP | Post 7 made on Monday October 13, 2003 at 04:07 |
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Thanks all for your replies...
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| Post 8 made on Tuesday November 18, 2003 at 19:43 |
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Can't you simply test this scenario by turning on the light and seeing if it tripps the alarm?
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| Post 9 made on Tuesday November 18, 2003 at 20:25 |
Larry Fine Loyal Member |
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X-10 alarm consoles can be triggered by a consecutive on-off-on-off X-10 signal on the code set on the console. Just don't let the kids play with the lights. Larry www.fineelectricco.com
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| OP | Post 10 made on Thursday November 20, 2003 at 19:28 |
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Dewayne/Larry,
I had posted this message before I had the alarm system installed. So I finally got everything set up and the alarm does not go off as a result of lights turned on.
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| Post 11 made on Friday November 21, 2003 at 16:03 |
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". I'm afraid that the lights will trigger the alarm's motion sensor when they are turned on by the mini timer"
Do you feel a breeze when you turn a lamp on?
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