Burglar alarm thoughts.....

shays_mum

Any good?:

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Please see the ones below please!

Thanks in advance for your thoughts

macman

What's wrong with a wireless system?

shays_mum

Only cos house being rewired anyway, doing wired fire alarms all at the same time. TBH can't be fussed with running around trying to sort batteries as its a big house!.

shays_mum

Seriously no feedback?!

Sparky75

Would advise Texecom excel alarm systems, would be better and cheaper than amazon link one. I,ve fitted a few in the past with no problems at all, easy to fit and set up. I get mine in a kit online from Alert electrical but there are loads of other places out there to buy from.

ian103

If I was fitting an alarm again I'd go wired if it was a big house or a complicated layout. Both houses I fitted wireless alarms in were ok but thats about it and yes an inconvenience with the batteries

keystone

Fitting an alarm sorta advertises that you might just have something worth nicking!

Cheers

giraffe69

Fitting an alarm sorta advertises that you might just have something worth nicking!

It might also send then next door where there is no alarm.

shays_mum

They would have to get pass the dogs first lol!, thanks for the feedback!

sillygoose

Seems a lot of money, you can buy all the bits easily and cheaply enough so it depends if your going to use absolutely all of it. I have an earlier Honeywell panel (looks the same!) and its been reliable for 20+ years although the backup battery cooks inside a bit and fails every 3 years, a new one is easily got for £8 from Toolstation and takes 5 minutes to change yourself. Its not unusual to happen though.

I hate bog standard PIR's with a passion as they are far too prone to false alarms. I upgraded all mine to dual technology ones, they cost a fair bit more but virtually make false alarms impossible.

Basically they have both body heat (PIR) detectors and Microwave radar detectors both have to be triggered at the same time to set off the alarm, they are very sensitive too. As a long term investment that an alarm is, I wouldn't skimp on the sensors. These can even be used in a conservatory which is prone to lots of thermal currents in the air.

http://www.alertelectrical.com/prod/714/ade-activ8-dt-dual-technology-pir

I would question the autodialer, are you going to dash home if the alarm goes off?, or ask a friend/neighbour to go round and check when it calls? in which case you need to make sure the system is rock solid for false alarms or people will quickly get fed up of you!

The (£20 value) bellbox looks a bit weedy but there are not so many sturdy ones any more - 109db isn't especially loud outdoors on something mounted high up, again for another £9 could have the next bell box up at 115db, decibels are logarithmic so 115 is considerably louder than 109 even if it doesn't sound like it would be 6db is double the volume!

The other bits and pieces are worth a few quid here and there but without exact detail its hard to value, buying bits yourself its easier to be picky. I prefer the larger magnetic sensors, they allow a bigger gap before triggering. Wind can rattle a door and cause false alarms and these are more resistant to that. Like these.

http://www.alertelectrical.com/prod/1136/large-surface-contact-white

shays_mum

Thanks for the suggestions sillygoose , really helpful!