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Critters in the crawl space (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by early_riser@lemmy.world to c/homeassistant@lemmy.world
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We've been having trouble with ~~rodents (I assume squirrels)~~ in the crawl spaces on our second floor. I decided to stick a PIR sensor on the door to see if I could catch any movement, and sure enough, a bunch of movement around 1 AM this morning. (Correction, it was a possum, which makes sense in hindsight as they're nocturnal).

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[-] mmmac@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 weeks ago

Logical next step: home assistant connected auto turret?

[-] early_riser@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Not unless there's a Home Assistant auto body disposal as well. Also I was wrong, it was a opossum.

[-] dukatos@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 weeks ago

Just put conveyor belt in the crawl space moving stuff outside after turret discharge.

[-] Cyber@feddit.uk 1 points 2 weeks ago

Like the ones in Alien? ๐Ÿ˜ณ

[-] jongranrose@c.im 2 points 2 weeks ago

@early_riser At some point I'm going to put a sensor in our crawl space. Mainly to track humidity but I've been debating including a motion sensor. Honestly I'm not sure I want to know how often things are lurking under the house!

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[-] rnDoug@hometech.social 2 points 2 weeks ago

@jongranrose @early_riser FYI, vampires don't trigger motion sensors. So if you do it and the sensor doesn't go off, you probably have vampires.

[-] Strit@lemmy.linuxuserspace.show 1 points 2 weeks ago

As long as the sensor only picks up stuff that's rat-size or larger then it's fine. If there are something "large" down there, it can be a hazard to the house foundation. I'd say it's better to know. ๐Ÿ˜‰

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