Re: Should I have the alarm keypad installed in the coat closet?

["Jim Rojas" <jrojas@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

My 3 & 7 year old grandsons understand all about security. The 3 year old
knows how to lock the doors & windows. The 7 year old has had his own
security code for a couple of years now. He has a habit of arming the system
after dark and making sure all doors & windows are secure.

Though we live in a relatively good neighborhood, crime is everywhere and
doesn't discriminate.

Jim Rojas


"R-Guy" <ron.20070101@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "anonymous" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> I'm going to have a fairly basic hardwired residential alarm system
>> installed in my home. I'm thinking of having the installer mount it
>> inside the coat closet by the outside door, instead of out in the open on
>> the wall by the door, for two reasons: (1) This should prevent our young
>> children from playing with it. With its buttons and lights, Im sure
>> they'll want to play with it. If we mount it a bit out of their reach,
>> they'll get a chair. If we mount it higher than they can reach with a
>> chair, then my wife won't easily be able to reach it, and it will
>> probably look strange anyway. (2) I've read that sometimes uneducated
>> burglars, upon breaking in, immediately destroy the keypad or rip it off
>> the wall, because they think it will prevent a call to the police. That
>> would cost me money. If it's in the closet, I suppose they're less likely
>> to find it or bother with it. What are your thoughts? Thanks for your
>> time.
>
> I have a 3 year-old and a 9 year-old at home and haven't had a problem
> with them playing with the keypad.  Maybe if you spend some time to
> explain what it is they won't think of it as a toy.
>
> The cost of replacing/reinstalling a keypad would probably be minor
> compared to the other costs associated with a break-in (compromised
> locks/doors/windows, stolen items, etc.).
>
> Don't put the control panel in the closet.  I'm sure that where the
> semi-educated burglars would go to try and shut things down.
>