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When Are Home Burglar Alarms Effective?

November 9th, 2009 1 comment

Home burglar alarms increase your home’s value and give you and your family piece of mind. With so many different types of home burglar alarms it is often hard to decide which product gives you the best protection. I will discuss what to look for and stay away from. I will also talk about why home security signs increases protection.

There are two types of home burglar alarms closed circuit and open circuit. Closed circuit allows for the electricity t flow until a door or window is open. The circuit is broken and an alarm goes off. Open circuit it is the opposite. There isn’t a flow until the door or window is open and then an alarm goes off.

Home burglar alarms can be set to have lights or sirens go off. It can even be programmed to dial the monitoring company, or the police with a recorded address of where the burglary is occurring. It’s recommended to have sound alarms because this often scares off the intruder. Some burglar alarms include both programmed dialing and the alarm.

When shopping for home burglar alarms it’s recommended to compare prices and features. What ever alarm you choose make sure your alarm has a battery back up. Your alarm should be able to detect a fire and it should have an area displaying working condition, or problems.

Sometimes people add motion detectors with their home burglar alarms. Motion detectors send a beam either radio energy, sound waves or infrared energy to a monitor. When that energy field is broken an alarm is activated. Passive infrared motion detectors use infrared energy that is released though body heat. When the device senses a rapid increase in infrared energy the alarm will go off.

Security signs are another way to protect your home. Potential burglar often sees these warning, finds easier places to rob. Security signs are only effective if you place them in obvious areas. The recommended places are on house doors, the curb by the driveway, in flower bed and by garage door.

Some home owners use security signs are another way to protect their home. Criminology has shown burglars often choose homes that are easiest, less of a risk to rob. By placing signs on your exterior doors, garage doors, flower beds and driveway curb, burglars often stay away.

Home security signs are an economical way to protect your home, if they are placed where they can be seen. If you include this with a home burglar alarm safety increases. A good alarm should have battery back up and detect smoke. Motion detectors use beams to monitor movement, added to the others your family will be safe, and secure.

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Security Cameras: Surveillance Cameras Equipment Primer

October 13th, 2009 No comments

Like anything else, you will want to decide in your heart what is proper to eavesdrop on and what is not. Some of the things that video cameras unearth can startle and perhaps shock you. Check also local laws about privacy. Once all that is settled, you will find these devices to be of incredible value whether you are trying to foil a burglary, catch employees stealing or a spouse cheating.

When they first came out, surveillance cameras equipment was bulky and unreliable with image quality that could kindly be called poor. They were hard-wired to a central system where there was either a human monitor or a recording device of some sort. Hours upon hours of video would be recorded with much of it watching an area with no movement.

The list of standard features on modern security cameras is the stuff of science fiction. They include:

Incredible image quality.

Modern units are wireless. Installation is a breeze.

There is a variety of sizes available. Some so small they can be hidden in a tea cup.

Due to memory advances, modern units have enough storage on board to hold hours of surveillance.

The latest units go even further with memory storage. They have motion sensors that tell the camera to only record when there is movement in the viewing field.

To fine tune even further the motion sensing capability, the surveillance cameras can be programmed to deaden parts of the sensor field so that small animals or little kids playing won’t trigger the devices.

And, of course, cameras are available that can see in the dark.

Images are downloadable to your computer or they can be programmed to send it wirelessly whenever you like.

Being sneaky might be what you are after. These cameras allow you that choice. One company sells fake shaving cream can, garden ornaments, light fixtures and coffee cups that are designed to accommodate a tiny spy camera.

The possibilities are endless as are the opportunities these amazing systems offer you. Use your new power wisely and safely. Let this technology protect you and yours.

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