Warning: The before and after on a motion sensor I cleaned out last week

Got a call for a false alarm at a bakery in Portland, the same zone kept tripping at 4 AM. The sensor was covered in a thick layer of flour dust and a spider had built a web inside the housing. I blew it out with compressed air and wiped it down. Now it works fine, but the owner said the spider looked like it had been living there for months. Anyone else had pests set up shop in a sensor?

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miles_young5915d ago

Doubt that spider was the real problem, flour dust messes with sensors all the time.

lily7014d ago

Yeah it's like we always want a cool story instead of the boring truth. My old car would overheat and I kept looking for some big issue, but it was just a tiny crack in a hose. Or when my phone acts up, I'm ready to blame some new app, but it's usually just a full storage warning I ignored. We jump to the weird explanation first.

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nora_park14d ago

Was the web maybe shorting the contacts though? Flour dust alone usually just blocks the view.