Wireless Alarm Kits

Deciding on installing a home security system may be one of the most rewarding decisions you make, especially in light of the hundreds of daily burglaries around the country. However, nothing rewarding comes without its frustrations. In fact, once you start to delve into the home security market, you will discover many issues you have not considered. Do not be discouraged. It is all part of careful planning. One of first choices you will face is the hardwired or wireless system.

With modern technology and the current rise in do-it-yourself home security, wireless systems have begun to play a very significant role in home security. Mobility, affordability, and accessibility are some of the many virtues of a wireless home security system.

Wireless is a highly mobile security system. You can easily move the various parts or the entire system around in a quick, easy, and affordable manner. The only wiring involved with the system is the control panel itself, which is connected to an AC outlet and a phone line, depending on whether it is monitored or programmed to call someone in case of an emergency. Outside these two wires that hook up to the control panel, there is no other wiring. This is a plus for most Americans who tend to move around the country at a fairly steady pace. They can easily pick up their wireless and go, and plug in again at their new location.

A wireless system offers you extremely convenient and rapid installation and programming. Each sensor or transmitter in the system, mainly because of the lack of wiring, has to be programmed into the control panel and then attached to the wall. There is no need spend extra money hiring professionals to send cables through the walls or redecorate rooms due to wiring. This makes a wireless system extremely beneficial to already constructed houses and homes with old and valuable interior or exterior design that wiring would disturb and possibly destroy.

Most commentaries on wireless systems stress battery maintenance as a major con with wireless systems. Normally, batteries are not a problem, as most AA batteries –which are used to power the system – generally last for about 2-4 years. Lithium batteries create a greater gulf between the myth and the reality. Furthermore, most control panels watch over and report battery strengths. And so, without having to make the regular rounds investigating each piece, a wireless system, in a sense, takes care of its own maintenance. It will report low batteries to you, and all you have to do is change the battery when you get the signal.

The real con to a wireless is its vulnerability to intruders. The plastic control panel is highly susceptible to attacks by an intruder. When the control panel is near the door or in easy reach, an intruder can quickly rip it off the wall and destroy it before it activates the call. Placing the panel within metal covers will interfere with the signals. What save the system are wireless keypads or using a keyfob. Placing a keypad at the door and hiding the control panel prevents the intruder from preventing the alarm from being activated since a breaking a keypad will not destroy the system.

Another limitation is the signal range of the wireless system. With most homes, range is not a problem. The average distance between most transmitters and the control panel should normally be no more than 300 to 500 feet. However, affordable and reliable repeaters can be installed that will allow longer range to the system.

Because of the importance wireless technology is playing in current affairs, there is no security accessory that cannot be integrated into a wireless system. All kinds of monitors or repeaters or security cameras or sensors, whether glass-break, smoke, heat, motion, door / window, are available in wireless, as well as in hardwired.

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