Unpopular opinion: I think the Honeywell 5800 wireless sensors are more trouble than they're worth in old buildings

I installed a full set in a 1920s house in St. Louis last month, and the signal kept dropping from the motion detector in the back hall. I had to move the panel twice and still get a low battery alert every other week. Has anyone else had this much trouble with them in plaster and lathe walls?

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robinson.quinn1d ago

Plaster walls eat those signals for breakfast.

leelewis1d ago

Tell me about it. My house is a total dead zone. I tried to watch a video in the kitchen last week and it buffered for a solid minute. I swear the plaster just absorbs the wifi like a sponge.