Install a simple home alarm system along your doors and windows to deter burglars from entering your home.
You don't necessarily need a fancy home alarm system with complex wiring and large control boxes on the wall to help keep your home safe and deter burglars. You can install a simple wireless home alarm system yourself in just a few minutes. Although you won't have a monitoring station to contact the local authorities for you, the 120-decibel noise blaring from the alarm is sure to deter many burglars from entering your home, and it will alert you when someone has opened a door or window. Does this Spark an idea?
Instructions
1. Determine if you want to install the wireless alarms on all doors and windows, or just certain windows. You might want to install the alarms on all ground floor windows, but second-story windows are less likely to be entered during a burglary. Purchase the correct number of alarms for your needs, keeping in mind that many alarms come two to a pack.
2. Clean the area where you plan to install the alarms with a towel and rubbing alcohol. Scrub away any dust or dirt. Clean surfaces allow the double-sided foam tape to adhere better to the surface.
3. Remove the double-sided tape from both sides of the alarm pieces.
4. Position the two pieces of the alarm next to each other, with the arrows aligned, on opposite sides of the door or window opening. For example, on a door you would house the large piece high up on the actual door, and the smaller alarm piece on the top doorjamb. Ensure there is no more than ½ inch distance between the alarm pieces. When someone opens the door, the magnetic field between the two alarms breaks and the alarm sounds.
5. Push the "On/Off/Chime" button to engage the alarm.
6. Test the alarm by opening the door; the alarm will continue to sound for as long as the door is open.
7. Close the door to disengage the alarm. Depending upon your model, you may have to press the "On/Off/Chime" button again.
8. Check or change the batteries on your door alarms twice a year, perhaps when you check the batteries on your smoke alarms. Your alarms sound only with working batteries inside.
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