Re: silent or audible

["Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

How about a silent local alarm...yeah that's the ticket!



"Doug" <not@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:p948i.152903$Fk2.83869@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| In most cases I believe audible is better, the purpose of an alarm from a
| customers point of view is probably to reduce the chance of a burglary and
| in the event of a burglary to minimize the loss, not necessarily to
capture
| a burglar. An audible alarm is hopefully going to drive the intruder out
of
| the property before they have a chance to find anything of real value. If
| police response was guaranteed within a few minutes then a silent alarm
may
| be the way to go, but in many areas police response is abysmal, in large
| part due to the number of false alarms generated by alarm systems, silent
| alarms only add to that problem since the property owner is unaware that
| they have caused a false alarm until the police arrive.
|
| Doug
|
|
| "Survey" <nospam@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
| news:3WX7i.7866$FN5.5593@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| > Is silent or audible better for a burglar alarm?  when would one be
better
| > that the other?  obviously silent for hold up?  do police like to
"catch"
| > the perps with a silent alarm?  or just scare them away with the siren
and
| > problem's over?
| > TIA
| >
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