Had a motion sensor decide to party at 3 AM in a quiet suburb

Got a call from a customer in Maplewood last Thursday because their system kept going off. The living room sensor was triggering every hour like clockwork. I went over, checked the wiring and the zone, everything looked fine. Then I noticed their new cat tree was right in the line of sight, and their very fat cat was doing midnight climbs. Had to move the sensor up a foot and adjust the angle. Anyone else had a pet cause a false alarm loop you had to hunt down?

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wendy_garcia165mo ago

My own cat once set off the alarm by trying to burgle the treat jar.

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taraj115mo ago

Did the cat at least get the treats before the cops showed up?

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tyler_hall92mo ago

Wendy_garcia16 might have a little feline mastermind on her hands. Had a friend whose cat figured out the alarm panel had a two-minute delay before the siren hit. That cat would paw the treat jar, wait for the beeping countdown to start, then bolt to a hiding spot. The owner thought the system was faulty for weeks.

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