Re: back up coverage when alarm not armed?

["Robertm" <Respond@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Frank Olson" <Use_the_email_links@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Robertm wrote:
>> "Frank Olson" <Use_the_email_links@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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>>>Robertm wrote:
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>>>>"Frank Olson" <Use_the_email_links@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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>>>>>Jen...tel wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>I take the lazy way out.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I care enough about my things to TURN my alarm ON!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>If it's too big a deal to turn it on why are you spending all this
>>>>>>time
>>>>>>on the "STUPID-MAN" option?
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Bravo, Jen.  "Stupid Men"...  Don'tcha just hate 'em??  :-)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>I turn the alarm on, but I can't protect everything with sensors on
>>>>windows and doors, so this is an additional way to protect. I also have
>>>>floor mats and other things that the pros don't know how to install. I
>>>>merely mentioned it because the panic input will activate the alarm
>>>>whether or not the alarm is set. Under normal circumstances I wouldn't
>>>>be moving the TV or stereo so what is the harm? I agree it is not usual
>>>>and customary but it doesn't risk anything by doing it this way.
>>>
>>>
>>>Wuss!!!  "Real men" turn on their alarm systems.  When they're at home,
>>>they "turn on their wife"...  :-)
>>
>>
>> And the advantage of doing it this way is that if the code is ever
>> compromised and a thief manages to disarm the system, it will still sound
>> an alarm if the thief tries to steal certain common items. But then, I
>> guess you already knew this. Redundancy and backup. Be creative man. Put
>> in more than 3 doors and two motions.
>
>
> I'll have you know we only sell wireless contacts and PIR's for our
> residential customers.  Anything that my guys can "lick and stick".  All
> our products have been passed by the Belgian Wireless Institute under the
> careful scrutiny of Dr. RuPaulie...  (Would you like an apple pie with
> that?)  :-)

Just having fun with the 2 doors and 3 motions thing. Can you believe ADT
actually tried to sell me that as a secure system? I think they were also
selling Belgian Paul Wireless. And it wasn't a "free" system. It was $850 up
front plus $38 a month for the next 100 years. And yes, fries were included.
:-)

Bob