Tuesday, 27 August 2013

Home Security Solutions To Increase Safety

By Kenny Marcum


Most people are very concerned about their safety when at their residence. Unfortunately, it is no longer enough to ensure that one has a house in a good neighborhood. Home security solutions, including installing burglar alarms can monitor homes to ensure one has a warning of intruders.

Most systems can be operated in the armed position for additional safety or unarmed when one is awake and alert. When armed, the system is monitoring the doors and windows of a house. To arm or disarm the system, the occupant enters a PIN number on the keypad. Usually there is a one to two minute delay after opening a door to enter the PIN.

Systems have a trigger mechanism attached to the doors and the windows of the house. These mechanisms detect each time the door or window is opened. In businesses, it is common to have motion detectors or light beams. When someone is moving in a room and breaks the light beam, a warning is sounded. However, in homes these features are less useful as systems are often armed when occupants are present and moving about in the rooms.

Most systems use a subscription service with a monitoring company. Personnel at the company contact authorities if the system goes off. These alerts may be sent through phone lines or the internet as well as other methods. Most units also sound off a loud alert at the house that will continue until disarmed. This sound serves two purposes: alerting occupants and scaring away criminals.

Units are generally reliable. Some offer a battery backup so they continue working even with a power failure. Since older units depended on a phone line, burglars often would cut phone wires. Newer systems use cellular or radio transmitters to eliminate this problem.

If you are concerned about your safety inside your house, home security solutions can help. These systems can be configured to meet your particular needs. They reduce the chance of intruders stealing items or harming occupants of a house.




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