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Magnetic door sensors on metal frames keep false alarming in Phoenix heat

Last month I swapped 12 of these on a strip mall in Phoenix and by day 3 the customer called saying 4 of them tripped at noon when it hit 110 degrees, so I added thermal expansion gaps and now I'm wondering if anyone else uses shims or just switches to recessed sensors for metal doors.
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sagey69
sagey6917d ago
Hell, nobody's talking about the sun angle on those frames baking the sensor guts, not the metal expanding. Paint that aluminum white or add a tiny shade cap over the sensor before you go crazy with shims.
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