Since we're already speaking of Motion Sensors...

[Dave Fleck]

I live in the Pacific Northwest and I’m constantly getting water in them. I used to keep replacing them but lately I’ve found that if I disassemble them and put the electronics in the dishwasher they come out working. I’ve done this with three units, and one had spent a few months in the bottom of a fountain.

Dave

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> Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2016 12:49:08 -0500
> From: ? Jerry ? MacSolutions <jerry at stlmacguy.com>
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> Since we're already speaking of Motion Sensors, I was wondering if any of you have had similar issues and if so, how you might have conquered them.  I have two issues for outdoor sensors that I can seem to conquer.  
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> One is that no matter how well I seal them, I seem to suck moisture into the units.  I end up with droplets on the lends and the circuit board ends up dead.
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> Secondly, birds just destroy mine.  Pecking at the lens and cracking it.  Mostly woodpecker/sapsucker types doing the damage.
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> I have five sensors mounted outdoors and all but one of them has at least one of these issues.
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> Help?
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> Jp
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I bought a box of animal crackers and it said on it "Do not eat if seal is broken." So I opened up the box, and sure enough...  -- Brian Kiley