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COULD THIS ALARM CONDITION BE A SPIDER?

Chris A
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Hi

 

The system is based around a Scantronic PD9651 with four Honeywell IS312 PIRs with fsl wiring. It was installed around four months ago and has been operating properly until now.

 

Last night a false alarm condition occurred after the system had been fully set for about a week. The relevant part of the log reads:

 

22.07.06 Burg Z04 Alarm

22.07.09 Burg Z04 Restore

22.10.23 Burg Z04 Alarm

22.10.26 Burg Z04 Restore

22.25.24 Z04 Lock Out

22.25.24 System Rearmed

 

I have checked the connections inside the PIR and all appear to be good and tight and the resistor legs appear to be sound and not crossed. Nonetheless, I have given the screws an extra tweak.

 

Very close to the PIR I did, however, find quite a large spider. Could it have been the cause of this particular false alarm? If not, as usual, any suggestions/comments would be most welcome.

 

Many thanks.

http://spiderex.co.uk/

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Was there any signs of a spider? Cobewebs? Spider close by?

24 minutes ago, PeterJames said:

Was there any signs of a spider? Cobewebs? Spider close by?

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Very close to the PIR I did, however, find quite a large spider.

 

So, I've decided to take my work back underground.... to stop it falling into the wrong hands

 

9 minutes ago, datadiffusion said:

 

Tat will teach me to only read the first few lines.

 

Yes a spider on the detector will look like an elephant in the room

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Thanks for all the interest/feedback so far.

 

I had heard that spiders could cause issues but jut wasn't sure if they could cause the alarm/restore/alarm/restore pattern shown in the log.

 

2 hours ago, Nova-Security said:

http://spiderex.co.uk/

 

Didn't know such stuff existed! Will get hold of some asap - prevention won't do any harm.

You can get it on Amazon and it does seem to work

So, I've decided to take my work back underground.... to stop it falling into the wrong hands

 

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28 minutes ago, datadiffusion said:

You can get it on Amazon and it does seem to work

Good to hear. Can also get it from Lakeland - just been out and got some there.

Wow, professional security gear from a kitchen shop :)

So, I've decided to take my work back underground.... to stop it falling into the wrong hands

 

moth balls are also supposed to do the trick

 

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