Just purchased a Texecom Mirage DT Petwise to replace a very old Petwise PIR.

Current place is directly above a large (20 cm wide x 1.6m high) radiator - is this wise ? The old PIR was there for 3 year no problem - but we now have a dog as well as the old cat - and my orginal thought was it was the PIR lossing its sensitivity with the larger dog wandering around giving false alarms. But I presume the radiator could also contribute to this ?

The PIR unit as 15 cm from the top of the radiator in a corner ?? Should I look to move PIR to new location or will it be OK ?

Wise counsel appreciated......

Just purchased a Texecom Mirage DT Petwise to replace a very old Petwise PIR.

Current place is directly above a large (20 cm wide x 1.6m high) radiator - is this wise ? The old PIR was there for 3 year no problem - but we now have a dog as well as the old cat - and my orginal thought was it was the PIR lossing its sensitivity with the larger dog wandering around giving false alarms. But I presume the radiator could also contribute to this ?

The PIR unit as 15 cm from the top of the radiator in a corner ?? Should I look to move PIR to new location or will it be OK ?

Wise counsel appreciated......

Did you know that the optimum mounting height for your old Petwise detector was 2m (6ft 7in)

The height for the new detector should be between 1.5 and 3.0m

Edited December 5, 200817 yr by magpye

Did you know that the optimum mounting height for your old Petwise detector was 2m (6ft 7in)

The height for the new detector should be between 1.5 and 3.0m

the heights right - try it and see really IMO

To test put the detector on chime and put the dog in the room to see if the PIR activates.

AS post 3 and 4.

To test put the detector on chime and put the dog in the room to see if the PIR activates.

That's not a very good test. The dog may just mooch around ... but then one day a moth arrives and the dog charges and leaps around. Additionally, the temperate of the dog compared to the surrounding ambient temperature will have a big effect, and that will change from day to day.

Put the dog in the room with a moth and test lol!

I tend not to install pet sensors and go for perimeter. How would you test it? I cant think of anything else apart from that.

Poke the dog with a broom or give it a can a red bull.

Put it on soak test, or buy a kennel.

You can borrow my cat. That should be an adequate test. Kind of Celebrity Death Match but the looser, er, wins. One of us doesn't have to worry about pet PIRs any more!

Hope the good lady of the house doesn't read this or I'll not need to worry about them anyway!