INTRUDER ALARMS

What types of Burglar Alarms are there?
BELLS ONLY SYSTEMS

A bells only system would do the job alright in built up areas. They deter some intruders by the first sight of the alarm box out on the front or rear wall of the property but not all of them because some are brave and some are desperate, desperate to make a quick grab and run of whatever they could see and get a hold of easily enough.
The good thing about having an alarm is that they don’t get to stick around for long to find those most valuable possessions i.e.; Rolex watches, Diamonds, Cartier’s, Gold, Platinum, sentimental stuff passed down from generations, and all the rest of it.

The most reliable bells only system is the one where your neighbours are friendly with you and would be curious to want to know why your alarm is going off otherwise you just have to rely on the noise.
Any alarm with a part set enabled feature (BEDTIME) in it is great and I’ll tell you why its great shall I? It’s great because it will wake you up as soon as they try to break in.

MONITORED BURGLAR ALARM

A monitored burglar alarm is an alarm which sends a digital signal normally down a phone line to an Alarm Receiving Centre (ARC) or Central Monitoring Station (CMS) which are one of the same whether an intruder breaks into your property or a false alarm occurs.
These are good when you haven’t got friendly neighbours to take notice of your alarm going off or if you live out in the sticks.
They are also an extra piece of mind whether you are in or out.
What do I mean when you are in? I mean you could press a panic button and the police will arrive, or your carbon monoxide detector may have spotted a few gas particles and the fire fighters are on their way or even if you are in bed and an unexpected guest breaks in and sets the alarm off and forces you to turn it off, well sorry pal but the boys in blue are on their way to get ya.
 

Normally by this time the noise of the system would be enough to send them away before they try to do that anyway.
There are many rules and regulations in this game especially when it comes to monitored systems, I’ll be very brief about it and the rest I’ll explain to you when you buy one.
The basic idea is that the police won’t be called out to a false alarm, they’ll only be called out to a genuine one and the alarms nowadays can tell the difference through technology but we won’t tell you how they know now because we can’t, we’ll tell you when we see you.

CONFIDENTIALITY!

There are several different types of monitored alarm devices;
1) Digital communicator which dials a number down a phone line and sends a digital signal.
2) Redcare Classic which sends a pulse down the phone line without dialing a number and monitors the line 24 hours a day for line failure.
3) Redcare GSM which again the same as a Redcare classic but also works as a back up system using the GSM network in the case of the line going down and further signals might need sending i.e. the burglar decides to stick around so therefore a confirmed signal is then generated through the detection devices.
4) Dualcom works with a digital communicator and if the phone line fails then the Dualcom uses the Vodaphone network to transmit a signal.