Handy Homeowner Safety Products

While you may opt for a high-end home security firm with the latest in home security equipment, the size of your home or budget may not warrant such expansive coverage or expense.

If that is the case there are a number of home security equipment products that you can purchase on your own, either locally or online, that most of the time are easily installed and used, and quite often fairly inexpensive.

You might, for instance, like the idea of spending under $100 for a barking dog alarm. What this handy home security equipment does is detect motion around the perimeter of your home, triggering the bark of your electronic “Rottweiler.” This same piece of home security equipment can be set up to turn out interior lights on a predetermined schedule. This alarm also comes with a remote activator small enough to carry on your key chain.

For under $50 you can purchase home security equipment that lights up the outdoors. This motion detector has two floodlights, which detect not only any motion but also the occurrence of dusk. The second capability of this handy home security equipment is to give off and on commands to up to four other home security equipment devices. If, for instance, the motion detector senses an intruder it can not only turn on the floodlights but it can also turn on interior lights as well. This would lead the intruder to think that someone inside had sensed his or her presence, even when no one is at home. This home security equipment is wireless.

One additional piece of home security equipment that works well with this floodlight motion detector is a remote chimer, which starts making noise as soon as the motion detector senses intrusion, and the lights go on.

For under $30 you can purchase a mini timing device. This home security equipment is small enough to sit by your bed. You program it to turn interior lights on automatically when you are away. These Mini Timers emit a signal by way of your home’s wiring, so you don’t have any additional wires to be installed. All you have to do is plug the mini timer in.

The mini timer sends signals to modules that work as receivers, turning the lights on or off as you dictate. This is used in conjunction with other home security equipment. If, for instance, you want to control one light bulb in one socket, you’d purchase an inexpensive lamp module with a screw-in feature. If instead you wanted to control a lamp that plugs into a wall socket, you’ll need a lamp module that is specifically made for plug-ins. You can also choose a module for wall switches as well.

This mini timer home security equipment will activate up to four different lights or lamps. It can do so either by hand or automatically. Each mini timer can work up to eight light modules too.

If you already have a home security system in place, with cameras that are not night vision capable a handy piece of home security equipment might be an infrared LED that can convert any of your cameras to night vision capable for well under $100.

Sources:
http://home-alarm-system.youdoitsecurity.com/theft-deterrent-devices.asp

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