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Re: Neighbor's house alarm triggers when I put my car in reverse

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Post by mikestew »

m52go wrote: post #47

Got a kick out of this gem from the reddit comments: > My S2000 car alarm would be set off whenever I microwaved blueberries. Some experimentation revealed it was anything with excess water. Buying a new microwave solved the issue but I don't like thinking about how poorly shielded the old microwave was. I tried moving the for further from the kitchen or keeping the keys far away to no avail.

I think a lot of microwave ovens are poorly shielded. I’ve seen more than one that will kill WiFi a room away, including the one in our house.

As for the S2000, I guess water coincidentally changes the frequency of the leaked radio waves to match the car alarm?

Re: Neighbor's house alarm triggers when I put my car in reverse

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Post by post_break »

alister wrote: post #77
gizmo385 wrote: post #76

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Does it happen with any other kinds of phones? Like can a landline or Android phone also trip your GFI when it receives a call?

The same thing happens with a Motorola RAZR V3 GSM quad-band cell phone (a flip phone). I have that on video as well though I didn't upload it. I haven't tested any other phones.

Probably GSM. They do that, make interference before the phone rings. Put it by some computer speakers turned on full blast with no sound playing. You'll here the GSM morse code.

Re: Neighbor's house alarm triggers when I put my car in reverse

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Post by pcurve »

macintux wrote: post #103
pcurve wrote: post #66

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sigh . I know... Skip to 18:50 and listen on for couple minutes. Love the caller complaining about his brother in law. https://play.podtrac.com/npr-510208/npr.mc.tritondigital.com...

That's great, and thanks, I had no idea about the implications of the oil light.

I really miss his infectious laugh. He saw humor in everything.

Re: Neighbor's house alarm triggers when I put my car in reverse

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Post by SOLAR_FIELDS »

beala wrote: post #75
alister wrote: post #71

Along the same lines, I had a hell of a time tracking down the reason my washroom GFI (ground fault interrupter) tripped on random occasions; i.e., the electric outlet would lose power and need to be reset. It turned out that an iPhone receiving a phone call tripped it -- even before it starts to ring! Making a phone call didn't do anything. Here's a 13-second video: https://vimeo.com/247730625 I'd love to hear comme…

I can often tell that I'm about to receive a text message because my poorly shielded computer speakers will start buzzing. I assume it's caused by a transmission from my phone's radio inducing a current in the amplification circuit. I would guess this is what's happening with your GFI. Even though you're receiving the call, your phone is probably transmitting too (sending back the equivalent of an ACK or something).…

I’m guessing car manufacturers have caught onto this. I drove a year 2000 car whose speakers would know I was about to receive a text/call several seconds before receiving it. I don’t think I’ve been in a model later than 2008 that’s had this problem. The noise, like the AOL dialup modem beeps, are one of those things that become cemented in your brain and immediately recall themselves as soon as you think about them. I heard the short succession of beep patterns in my head as I read your comment.

Re: Neighbor's house alarm triggers when I put my car in reverse

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Post by jen729w »

Namrog84 wrote: post #18
lb1lf wrote: post #11

Is it just me who'd love something like this to happen to me? Would be great fun tracking down the source of the problem (if it was my car; probably less so if I was in the house...) There's a lot of options to try to isolate the problem, just thinking out loud here - a) Back into the driveway returning from work. See if alarm goes off. Next morning, see if alarm goes off as you drive out. b) Remove fuse for reverse…

> Is it just me who'd love something like this to happen to me? I love reading about interesting problems and creative ways to solve them. I used to wish for the same. But then I was given a super annoying one. In my apartment I heard this beep about once every 90 seconds or so. I tried ignoring it for a while hoping it'd go away. And just so at the right frequency and infrequent enough Impossible to determine direct…

I have what might be the exact opposite story.

20 years ago, in my first graduate job, we were issued pagers. One day my friend lost his - and it was on silent mode. We really didn't want to tell the company that it had disappeared.

Then we remembered that, at a certain time - I recall it being reasonably late at night - the device would emit a single, short, beep. I don't remember why, but even on silent mode, that beep would sound.

At five minutes to the hour - because this thing's clock wasn't synchronised, and we didn't know how accurate it was - we all positioned ourselves around the house. Silent as a mouse we waited, until - yes! - there it is, somewhere upstairs.

Now that we knew that it was actually in the house, it was just a matter of finding the thing. It was in his pants pocket - but they way they were folded in the wardrobe, the pocket wasn't where you'd expect it to be if you did a casual "pat the pockets" to see if it was in there.

Re: Neighbor's house alarm triggers when I put my car in reverse

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Post by lostlogin »

mdip wrote: post #102
Namrog84 wrote: post #18

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> Is it just me who'd love something like this to happen to me? I love reading about interesting problems and creative ways to solve them. I used to wish for the same. But then I was given a super annoying one. In my apartment I heard this beep about once every 90 seconds or so. I tried ignoring it for a while hoping it'd go away. And just so at the right frequency and infrequent enough Impossible to determine direct…

Off topic to the discussion, but you hit on something that struck a nerve with me so I'm going to go with it . . . Oh good God, this happens to me every time one of my smoke alarm batteries starts to go. I have 6 smoke detectors and an older home where they're not all wired/battery back-up but rather all battery powered. The "chirp at 90 second interval" thing is the worst design in the universe and it bites me every…

Elsewhere in the thead I was moaning about this design, as multiple times it’s been in flat in our neighbours house and I’ve been checking ours. Can’t they just die quietly? If you aren’t checking them periodically anyway, you don’t know they they work.

Re: Neighbor's house alarm triggers when I put my car in reverse

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