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The old church in Peoria taught me a lesson about wireless sensors
I had a job last month running a retrofit at a 1920s church near the river in Peoria. We hid the panel in a coat closet, but the wireless door sensors kept dropping signal through the plaster and lath walls, even at 30 feet. After two days of guessing, I finally ran a temp sensor outside and walked the perimeter with a meter to map the dead zones, which meant moving three zones to the north windows. Has anyone else had to do the hand-walk trick for old plaster, or is there a better way to plan those runs?
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emma_smith11d ago
Man, old buildings really do have a mind of their own, and it sounds like yours was being stubborn. It’s funny how that same matching trick works for so many things, like finding where your wifi drops in your own house or figuring out why your car key fob won’t work in the driveway. Probably no shortcut for it either, just gotta walk the ground and let the walls tell you where they’re hiding.
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