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That Tuesday where every single wireless sensor failed linking during a new build install

Spent 6 hours in a half-finished house in Phoenix, triple-checking batteries and re-syncing 12 sensors one by one, only to find out a nearby cell tower was interfering. Anyone else ever deal with a whole job tanked by radio noise?

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wood.faith22d ago

Yeah cell tower interference is brutal, completely killed a site for me once.

diana61722d ago

My uncle lost a whole security camera setup once because of a old microwave in the break room.

spencer_park2622d ago

Did the microwave actually knock out the signal or did it just mess with the picture quality? I have seen some crazy interference issues over the years from old appliances. It seems like anything with a motor or a big power supply can throw off a wireless signal something fierce. Those older microwaves were notorious for leaking radio frequency noise, and security cameras are basically radios in a box. Once you get a bunch of electronics humming in a small room, it can be a real headache to sort out where the problem is coming from.