Motorhome Alarm false alert

 Hi Hitch'  this used to happen to one of my vehicles if a Spider or Mozzie got in !! Spray inside with a good 'killer' ,check all the little corners and hiding places !! 

As Tricky says and put slow release "bug"killer in when storing

Hi Colin,

triky-auto has a good point about insects etc. as far as I'm aware, all modern electronic Alarm Systems (home or vehicle etc) auto-reset after they have timed out, some display which area/zone had triggered the alarm. No, in my opinion, it will not flatten the battery unless the cause keeps re-triggering the alarm on a constant basis if you know what I mean.

Regarding the Interior sensors, often, the sensitivity can be adjusted and the pulse count too, it might be worth investigating this. Sometimes the door and bonnet alarm switches are affected by temperature, in other words, if the switch is not adjusted correctly and it’s riding on the edge of its contact point, as the vehicle body heats up and cools down due to ambient surrounding temperatures which causes expansion & contraction, this can trigger the alarm. Possible cure, adjust the switch or slightly bend the housing or bracket of the switch.

Hope this helps

Kind regards

Colin

PS, forgot to mention, sometimes a dodgy or possible incorrectly adjusted door or bonnet switch can be detected by arming the vehicle and then pushing down hard and sharply upon the vehicle bonnet & doors if you know what I mean, as the pressure of pushing is released, this can trigger the alarm. This method does not always work if the ambient temperature etc at the time of testing is not similar to that of when the alarm was last falsely triggered.

I also agree about the insect problem and a soft brush wiped across the sensors should disturb any cobwebs or dust lurking near them.

Does your alarm has a motion sensor facility?

It was a bit draughty last night when I walked the dog around midnight and a gust of wind may have triggered the alarm..

Many thanks for the suggestions above.  Will check insects plus all the other things mentioned.  Managed to dig out the instructions and it seems that there is an auto-recycle of the alarm so that it keeps checking then after nine alarms it will exclude the item that set it off so it seems to preclude continual alarms.