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TIL those cheap wireless sensors are a total headache on commercial jobs

I put in a batch of those no-name wireless door sensors from Amazon on a small office building in Austin last month... and three of them started false alarming within a week. The range was fine but the interference from the fluorescent lights kept knocking them offline. Had to rip out all 12 sensors and swap them for wired ones, cost me an extra 4 hours labor and the customer was not happy about the delay. Am I the only one who thinks these budget wireless kits cause more problems than they solve? What do you guys use for commercial installs that actually stays stable?

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rose_young18d ago

Same thing happens with those cheap Bluetooth speakers, they always drop connection right when you need them. It's like cutting corners on electronics always backfires in the end.

margaret_flores1718d ago

Guilty as charged. I bought a cheap Bluetooth speaker for the shower and now I have to hold it at a specific angle for the connection to even work. It's like a very sad, wet game of telephone in there. The thing cuts out every time I try to change the song, so I'm just standing there dripping and yelling at it. Guess that's what I get for trying to save twenty bucks. My own fault, really.