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August 2010

Finding Parts for Burglar Alarms

There are many reasons you’d need to look for parts for burglar alarms. Perhaps your burglar alarm is defective and you need to replace a part? Or, you might be making your own burglar alarms either as a do it yourself or as a business venture. You could be looking for new accessories to optimize […]

Daytime vs. Nighttime Burglaries: What You Need to Know

When many people think of burglaries, they instantly imagine a masked burglar sneaking around a house late at night, when everyone’s asleep. When the crook sets off the burglar alarm, the whole family is alerted. However, this image is the basis of one of the most popular myths about burglar alarms. In actuality, more burglaries […]

Things to Consider before Purchasing Burglar Alarms

The latest statistics show that over 2 million American homes get broken into by a burglar every year. Most of them have not had any alarms installed. If you don’t want to be a part of that statistical group, your best bet is to install a burglar alarms to protect your family and home. Here […]

The 7 Myths about Burglar Alarms

If you’re considering purchasing burglar alarms to protect your family, home, and property you’re probably wondering about the different components to these alarms required or that you will need once you survey your house. Keep in mind that most burglar break-ins happen through first floor doors and/or windows so you are definitely going to want […]

Basics of Burglar Alarms

There are two basic applications for burglar alarms namely indoors or outdoors and three basic types – hard-wired, self-contained, and wireless. No matter which one you choose these types of alarms do tend to discourage burglar activity. Indoor burglar alarms systems typically operate using six different types of detectors: carbon monoxide, heat, and smoke detectors […]

Maintaining Your Home Security System

A severe thunderstorm and a man storming into your home can cause the same type of dastardly damage. During a thunderstorm, high velocity winds, lightning, and a heavy downpour will put stress on the exterior components of your home. A thief, once he has forced his way into your home interior, will act much the […]

Using VOIP With Your Home Security System

Many people have elected to use voice over Internet protocol (VOIP) services to replace their traditional phone lines. VOIP makes phone calls through broadband network access, which does not travel through traditional phone lines. As a typical home security system requires phone lines to access their monitoring centers, a user of a VOIP service, such […]

Does Your Home Need A Burglar Alarm?

If you’re like most of us, you’ll have wondered now and then about how secure your home is, and whether it needs a burglar alarm or home security system. Statistics show that no matter where you live, crime is random and affects all neighborhoods sooner or later. It’s also clear that home security rises after […]

The Largest Burglaries

The average value lost in a home burglary is approximately $2000 USD. A typical burglar might pat himself on the back for obtaining such an amount. He would not be quite as proud however, if he knew how his success pales in comparison to large scale bank jobs. Here are three of the largest grossing […]

Starting a Neighborhood Watch

A great way to be proactive about home security is to form a neighborhood watch. Such organizations have been shown to successfully reduce the crime rate in neighborhoods where they form. Co-operation between a unified set of neighbors and law enforcement agencies raise awareness and preparedness which is the first step in stopping a crime […]

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