RE: Home Security ? AND Comfort fitting threads...

[Scott Crowther <scrowther@xxxxxxx>]

Scott,

Because of your company's monitoring service, can you comment on frequency
of false alarms?
Do you have any statistics for this alarm system vs others.

Thanks,

Martin



That's a tough question to answer Martin.

If you are trying to establish whether wired alarms are more reliable than
wireless ones, then I'd have to say yes, possibly, but not by a lot if you
get a quality system. The Powermax, as an example, conforms to BS6799
(class
5 status), and is recognised as a professionally installed wireless system
(hence why you can't buy it in B&Q, only through professional security
outlets).

Beyond the arguments on wireless vs wired, false alarms are normally down
to
the system being setup correctly, and then user error. A big proportion of
false alarms are from people setting off their own alarm on entry/exit, or
not setting their system properly in the first place (leaving windows open,
etc). This is the main reason why the police (generally) don't come to
bells-only alarm systems anymore - most times it's a false alarm which
wastes their time.

See Mark S-J's follow up review of his PowerMax on the automatedhome
website
to see how few false alarms he got in a year.

My own Powermax has generated a handful of false alarms, but I'm not
convinced a wired system would create any less. Since I have our monitoring
service at home, I get alerted when the alarm goes off, and it gives me the
opportunity to establish whether it's a false alarm or not. The peace of
mind is a godsend.

HTH

Any more Questions?  :-)

Ta

Scott




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