House Alarm recommendation please
I am considering installing a wireless alarm in my home and was hoping someone will be able to recommend one to me and or what to look for when I purchase one. At the moment I am thinking of the Yale wireless premium GSM burglar alarm kit as sold by screwfix
for £199-00. Any views on this one would also be appreciated.
Thanks in anticipation
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Sorry to be a bit negative but won't potention burglers realise that its a home installed alarm and perhaps be prepared to chance their pot luck? Is a professionally installed alarm out of the question?
David
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We had a break in at the Guide Hall we look after last year, the SOCO that attended recommended the Yale alarm.
I recently fitted the wireless Yale at our daughter's house, quite easy to install, she just has the PIRs fitted as one covers the front door and living room, and the other covers the kitchen door and window.
Getting in upstairs would require a big ladder. She also purchased the key fobs for arming/disarming.
The siren noise is quite deafening!!
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Yale
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Sorry to be a bit negative but won't potention burglers realise that its a home installed alarm and perhaps be prepared to chance their pot luck? Is a professionally installed alarm out of the question?
David
WHY do you consider a 'professionally' installed one better? I imagine the real criminals know these installations inside out!
A few clever 'differences' in a personally installed system could well have advantages.
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I can recomend the Infinite prime alarm system that retail from a electrical outlet called TLC.It is fully wireless except for the outside siren and each sensor is programmable for your house/bugalow etc.You can add as many sensors (PIR's or door contacts)
as you want.Exiting the house is via a key pad or a key fob and will inform you if any doors are left open.
Only downside is you really need basic programable experience to do the job yourself.
I went for a GSM version as well.
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A Rottweiler
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Thanks for all the replies.
I have now installed the Yale alarm which was quite an easy process with most of the instructions clear , there were some small hiccups but the whole thing took only 3 to 4 hours the whole thing being wireless.
You cannot tell the difference between this system and a professionally installed Yale system, all the components looking exactly the same although I can feel the difference in my wallet not having to pay the cost of someone to install it.
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When we downsized to a bungalow last October there was a professionally installed wired alarm already there. We are continuing to pay the small maintenance fee each year.--- IMO a good professionall installed alarm system from a reputable company is a deterrent to opportunist thieves.
We also have a four legged alarm system who lets us know, in no uncertain terms, if anybody is encroaching on our/his property.
K
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Personally, we don't have a burglar alarm installed. In fact, most of the people on the estate don't have one
We had lived for 33 years of our married lives without feeling the need for a burglar alarm.
It only takes one break in to change that.
We were away in the caravan at the time and it's pretty devastating to come home to a ransacked house.
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There is one method that has been used to disable hard wired alarm systems (professional or DIY installed) when it is known the house occupier is away on holiday (caravanning for instance), this is to access (if fitted) the outside electric meter box and simply pull the main utility's supply fuse and then return to the property at least 24 hours later. After the fuse is pulled the alarm panel runs on it's battery back-up. When it then goes flat, the outside bell box(s) stop receiving electrical power from the alarm control panel. This then triggers the bell box to sound for approx 20 minutes off its own internal battery which is timed to cut off after said 20 mins. Come back some hours later, break-in, no alarm! It's dead. No auto-dialer too = no central station call!
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There is one method that has been used to disable hard wired alarm systems (professional or DIY installed) when it is known the house occupier is away on holiday (caravanning for instance), this is to access (if fitted) the outside electric meter box and
simply pull the main utility's supply fuse and then return to the property at least 24 hours later. After the fuse is pulled the alarm panel runs on it's battery back-up. When it then goes flat, the outside bell box(s) stop receiving electrical power from
the alarm control panel. This then triggers the bell box to sound for approx 20 minutes off its own internal battery which is timed to cut off after said 20 mins. Come back some hours later, break-in, no alarm! It's dead. No auto-dialer too = no central station
call!Write your comments here...that would also apply to a wireless system. So the answer is to put an alarm on the outside meter box
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We also have a four legged alarm system who lets us know, in no uncertain terms, if anybody is encroaching on our/his property.
K
Jokingly, well I say jokingly, but this could actually be fact lol;
One could quite easily disable a four legged friend and break-in to your castle, how? Timings would have to be planned, obtain a large Joint of Beef, cook it, allow it to slightly cool down, break into your property, give your four legged friend the nice warm joint, he would not be interested in anything else!
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There is one method that has been used to disable hard wired alarm systems (professional or DIY installed) when it is known the house occupier is away on holiday (caravanning for instance), this is to access (if fitted) the outside electric meter box and
simply pull the main utility's supply fuse and then return to the property at least 24 hours later. After the fuse is pulled the alarm panel runs on it's battery back-up. When it then goes flat, the outside bell box(s) stop receiving electrical power from
the alarm control panel. This then triggers the bell box to sound for approx 20 minutes off its own internal battery which is timed to cut off after said 20 mins. Come back some hours later, break-in, no alarm! It's dead. No auto-dialer too = no central station
call!That's one of the reasons I have gone for a monitored alarm system, which doesn't cost that much more than an annual service contract. As soon as there is a cut in the power supply, a signal is automatically sent both to the monitoring centre and the installer
informing them of such. The monitoring company will then ring either me or one of my nominated key holders who can investigate the problem if required.0 -
Ruddy Americans. Overpaid, over-sexed and over here and a college boy to boot.
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