I was talking to someone about home security a few months ago and they told me something that I would like to bring attention to because I have not seen it discussed here.
They told me that the high output green lasers will damage the sensor to motion lights. The lights will fail in the open position and the light will go off permanently.
The laser must be a high output green laser and can be found for about 100.00. They are used with astronomy normally and are visible up to 4 miles away. They said it was never a problem before because these lasers were so expensive until recently. However, now they are cheap and unrestricted. BG's are using them on motion lights so they can get into homes without the lights going off and without any noticeable damage to the lights. Apparently they will disable the lights the day before the break in. Since there is no damage to the lights it is not noticed. If the home owner sees the light is not coming on they assume the light bulb has burned out.
My lights have an option to turn on at night, so I have enabled this. Now if my light is off I know the bulb is gone or someone has tampered with the sensor and will investigate it immediately.
I have looked for this to confirm if it was fact or fiction, and cannot find anything that proves this or disproves it. My hope is that someone on THR may know more about this.
They told me that the high output green lasers will damage the sensor to motion lights. The lights will fail in the open position and the light will go off permanently.
The laser must be a high output green laser and can be found for about 100.00. They are used with astronomy normally and are visible up to 4 miles away. They said it was never a problem before because these lasers were so expensive until recently. However, now they are cheap and unrestricted. BG's are using them on motion lights so they can get into homes without the lights going off and without any noticeable damage to the lights. Apparently they will disable the lights the day before the break in. Since there is no damage to the lights it is not noticed. If the home owner sees the light is not coming on they assume the light bulb has burned out.
My lights have an option to turn on at night, so I have enabled this. Now if my light is off I know the bulb is gone or someone has tampered with the sensor and will investigate it immediately.
I have looked for this to confirm if it was fact or fiction, and cannot find anything that proves this or disproves it. My hope is that someone on THR may know more about this.