Wrote off wireless contacts for 4 years, then a 1904 house in Savannah made me eat my words
I spent years telling customers that hardwired was the only way to go and wireless sensors were just asking for false alarms. Last month I got a job on a 1904 Victorian in Savannah where the plaster walls were so thick my fish tape kept getting stuck 3 feet in. The homeowner didn't want any holes in the original trim, so I tried the new encrypted wireless contacts on 14 windows and 3 doors. Six weeks later, zero false alarms and the panel signal strength is still solid through the whole house. Has anyone else run into a job where wireless was the only real option, and did the reliability hold up over years instead of weeks?