Sunday, August 23, 2009

Home Alarm Systems

By William Johnson

Home alarm systems are electronic monitoring devises which warn homeowners and/or authorities that an intrusion has occurred. Studies show that homes without home alarm systems are 3X more likely to be invaded, than a home that possesses one of these devises. Whoever wishes to have added protection for their home and family should commit to purchasing a home alarm system.

Home alarm systems can provide you and your family with an added sense of protection and security. Over the years, home alarm systems have proved themselves to be great deterrents for criminals whom would have otherwise entered your home (unauthorized).

Some home alarm devises serve to detect only home invasions, while others detect multiple hazards: invasions, smoke, heat, and/or carbon monoxide emissions. These home alarm systems contain several parts: a control panel w/ or w/o keypad, a receiver, sensors, as well as other parts. Some systems use low-voltage wiring, while others operate via wireless technology. Some of these alarms are single-zoned monitoring systems, while others monitor multiple zones.

There are several types of home alarm systems: those which make loud audible sounds; those which make inaudible sounds; and those which alert the authorities via telephone. These devises can detect violators that invade your home through several means:

Glass Break Detectors-Alarms with glass break detectors alert when glass is broken. These devises can detect sound in both audible and inaudible frequencies (ranging from less than 20 Hz. to above 20 kHz). Microwave Detectors-Alarms using microwave detectors make changes in microwave emissions when motion and/or shifts in sound frequency are apparent.

Glass Break Detectors: Alarms with glass break detectors detect break-ins through broken windows based on the sound frequency at which the glass is broken. These devises can detect sound in both audible and inaudible frequencies (less than 20 Hz. to above 20 kHz).

Microwave Detectors: Alarms with these sensors detect changes in microwave emissions caused by motion and/or sound frequency fluctuations.

Ultrasonic Detectors-Ultrasonic detectors emit sound which is too high in frequency to be heard by humans. Alarms using these detectors recognize intruders by the change in sound wave frequency caused by motion in the monitored area.

Glass Break Detectors: Alarms which detect intruders through this technology do so because of their sensitivity to the sound frequencies at which glass is broken. These devises detect sound in both audible (20 Hz.-20 kHz.) and inaudible frequencies.

When purchasing one of these home alarm systems, you must be able to find a home security alarms provider that you can trust. How do you go about researching a company's trustworthiness, reliability, and degree of care? You can ask family and friends whom have had experiences with such companies; you can also check with your local police department for listings on home security companies. There are a lot of different kinds of alarms from which to choose. Your job is to determine which type of home alarm system is best suited for your home and family. Unfortunately, no system-regardless of technology is perfect. With each type of home alarm system, there are instances where false alarms may occur. Each of the detectors aforementioned has its own set of dead zones and sometimes (as with the use of photo-electric beams detectors)-an intruder may be able to get by the devise undetected. This latter problem can be alleviated by using three or four beams instead of one.

Homes without security systems are often 3X more likely to get burglarized or invaded by a person with the intent to do bodily harm. These burglaries most often occur in the daytime, when most people are not at home (6 a.m.-6 p.m.). So get yourself a home alarm system and have added protection for yourself and your family today!

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