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OfficeHandsDoingStuff
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เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 13 ต.ค. 2011
Working as an IT professional. Passionated by cars, woodworking, skiing, ...
How to hide your Zigbee door sensors!
Many people these days love and like to monitor and register evertyhing in there home automation platform. However, somethimes these sensors do not always blend in nicely with the rest of the house. Therefore I came up with a way to have it hidden, and keep it functioning. This way I have the working sensor, and the misses doesn't have those 'with plastic boxes all over the place'. :)
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это если заморочиться.
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No frigging way.
I have 2019 Audi TT convertible where is the drain hole underneath the car?
Nice music ;)
Just remove the plastic housing from the sensor as well and you need to drill a much smaller hole in the door. Cover it with some tape afterwards to protect it eletronics from dust.
I do this a lot with wireless alarm sensors. Instead of beating the magnet in just use some round alarm magnets, only takes a 3/8 drill bit and just push it in.
What a great idea!!!
My missus didn’t like them on our front and back door either. But after I chiselled out a chunk from our PVC doors after watching this video, she was even less pleased.
Seemed like too much work so I ended up buying a dog and a shotgun.
@@rgolab3174 😂
I undestand your idear, but you are not exactly improving the firesecurity of the door ..!
Oh but my wife will hate me drilling the doors more than seeing the sensors 😂
So according to this, all a burglar need to do to bypass the sensor is place a magnet on top of the sensor. 🥺😩
Yes. Well spotted.
Because permanently modifying your home is a good solution...
What a shame...
Did anyone knock from where this watter coming and collected there
Anyone tried hiding the new p2 sensors in door?
Where this water coming from?
Anyone know what those clips that were removed are called / where I can buy new ones
You can get them at the Audi dealerships. They are very cheap too.
Thanks for the video. Audi garage wants to charge me £260 for the work and I have an Audi All In Service Pack. Will question this or do it myself.
very smart trick
I just paint them to the same color like doors.
I tried this on my aluminum sliding doors and the glass broke on all 3. You've made my wife very mad.
@@tarekdelbridge459 😂😂😂
Smart, might do this as well. Maybe the other way around if I have the wall open,
the door is open if its not closed, right?
Wow 😊
Any issue with the wireless communications being hindered by being recessed in the door?
Like others in this post I thought it was my fuel tank. Audi garage have quoted me £261 to investigate the issue. I doubt pulling out a bung takes a lot of time and effort. Thanks for the post
Cool
Please use a Router next time... The cheap ones arent really expensive
it also hides it from the real intruder
Which sensor is this?
When the landlord ask me why there's a hole on the top, i'll tell her it was bitten off by a rat.😂
The just hope they never die and you need a new one that’s a different size or shape
If you are confident of it staying dry, take the PCB out of the case to minimise the cut out even more. I've even used shucked PCBs for uPVC windows.
No way
Lets ruin 2 things to hide soemthing that you cna buy smaller and nicier looking.
No matter how small they're always an eye sore... and those 2 things are not ruin, if you close the magnet hole, there will be almost no visible damage
I have windows and a front door made of plastic and aluminum….
White "dot" sticker over the magnet and voila!
They sell stickers with wood veneers to cover screw heads in cheap furniture. If your doorframe is not white that would look even better and no one will notice
I’ve noticed my sensor uses a lot more battery if the magnets are weaker than it expects. I had to move my hidden magnets a little closer to rectify the issue.
Strange... there would be no reason for an increase in battery consumption unless the sensor kept changing status all the time due to the low attraction exerted by the magnet on the sensor's reed switch
That physically cannot be the case. This kind of sensor use a magnet and a disconnect switch, how strong the magnet is doesn't make a difference. Maybe your battery are getting old...
Very smart idea. (no pun intended).
i want to subscribe your channel, but your subscriber is 69 which is nice. so i dont subscribe.
маленький аккуратный белый корпус или кривая просверленная дыра с черным куском магнита? выбор очевиден.
Any ideas how to hide it in UPVC doors/windows?
Simple, easy, elegant, great
I am still trying to think of ideas on hiding sensors on metal framed sliding patio doors. Some friends have painted them to hide them, or blend them in a bit.
I'm afraid every door has its challenges. Always see how far you can go and how much creativity your sensors will allow. Metal frames bring the risk to lose connection when trying to hide inside the frame. But certainly keep us posted!
Genious!
Thanks for this great idea, i'll try it today.
Good idea, straight to the point. 👍
How do I change the battery if the sensor is fixed in the groove?
It's only gravity that keeps the sensor in, so you can take it out and change your batteries as much as you like.
This is the simplest and most intelligent thing I've seen in the last months... congratulations!
Naaah… what about when you have to replace the batteries
So now you damaged your door which has a lifetime of 30 years to install a product with a lifetime of 5-10 years. It is the perfect solution for now, but we‘ll see about the future
@@CarsAndTech My friend, did you actually watch the video? Or are you just commenting based on the thumbnail? Because at no point does the video show the sensor being permanently sealed to the door. The idea is to have just a place where you can leave the sensor and take it out whenever you need it.
@@masterofx32 Following your same line of reasoning, a door should also be completely smooth, without locks or hinges because it is necessary to make some very large holes to install these devices. The place made to house the sensor is just another feature added to the door, and the one in the video is something that is fixed completely hidden, unlike a lock. Furthermore, we know that you are just being a hater for no reason who did not watch the video commenting on this.
@@henriquehenryAre you delusional? Why call me a hater? The point is valid and you need to be mindful about this before doing it. The magnet is also in a very specific place that won‘t be compatible with a replacement sensor you will buy in the next 10 years. By the way, all the holes for the locks and door handles are standardized, there will be no regrets there.