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Do Glass Break Sensors Actually Work?
I appear to be having an issue with my glass break sensor. I had to break some glass and realized I was standing very close to the glass break sensor so I expected the alarm to go if but it did not. I activated the alarm, checked the sensor settings, removed and replaced the sensor battery but I could not get it to trigger the alarm while breaking glass nearby. The sensor seems to work from clapping in test mode however.
captain11
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3 hours ago
@keelyc84 I have three glass break sensors and when installed in 2017 I did the hand clap test, and then, compliments of my neighbors old windows, did a hammer/window test. They worked then. The most important sensor is approximately 15 feet away from a 3 window bay. My test windows that I broke with the hammer were about 2 feet further away and worked as expected. Again that was in 2017 but I have tested with clapping at least once every year since then. I should had there are roller shades on the windows it covers, made of a plastic material.
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keelyc84
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3 hours ago
Thanks for the reply! Do you have the original system or the newer one? The original system worked great. My motion sensors on the new system randomly stop working, so I don't have much confidence in the new system.
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