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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>>
>>>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.

Bob