Re:Neighbor's house alarm triggers when I put my car in reverse
by lostlogin on Sunday December 17, 2017 @11:24PM
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This who thread had me feeling twitchy. How did any of these product designs make it to market?
Re:Neighbor's house alarm triggers when I put my car in reverse
by TeMPOraL on Monday December 18, 2017 @12:57AM
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They weren't (probably still aren't) regulated enough.
Manufacturers can get away with it because even if they screw up, an angry customer doesn't really affect their sales in any meaningful way.
Re:Neighbor's house alarm triggers when I put my car in reverse
by gasbag on Monday December 18, 2017 @05:31PM
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Aren't Nest Protect alarms also linked? This harrowing video leads me to believe they are. It's a couple years old at this point though. (Turn your sound down, video is a poor soul trying to deactivate them.)
I had this happen a few months ago except it wasn't a low battery alarm. It kept yelling "FIRE FIRE" but then turning off. Of course FirstAlert apparently doesn't indicate which alarm is causing it. They say the initiating one flashes a different pattern but I didn't find one. Ended up, after getting no sleep at all, replacing all 9 of them with nests. At least then if one fails I'll know which one.