Re: Low cost alarm

[JoeRaisin <joeraisin2001@xxxxxxxxx>]

Nicko wrote:
> On Jul 31, 7:48 am, tourman <robercampb...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Jul 30, 9:50 pm, Nicko <nervous.n...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Yes, Virginia, there are actually people who cannot afford "another
>>> bill" for a monitored alarm system.   As strange as it may seem, there
>>> are people who are living from paycheck to paycheck but who want to
>>> have some sort of security besides insurance.
>>> I'd rather have something I can afford that makes a really loud noise
>>> and alerts me and my neighbors of an intrusion, than have nothing at
>>> all.
>> RHC: With something that only makes a noise, that's exactly what you
>> will have..."nothing at all".
>
> And if you have a monitored system, you will get...what?  The smugness
> of knowing that someone will eventually respond to an alarm.  How much
> injury/property damage/theft can occur in the minutes it might take
> someone to respond to your alarm?
>
> Trap guns are a wise and inexpensive addition to any amateur alarm
> system.   Anyone can pick up a handful of SNSs for a hundred bucks or
> so, and rig them up themselves.   And they make noise!
>
> The downside is, you might occasionally have to remove a burglar's
> corpse from your window or doorway.

Nah - you only gotta do it once.  After that... well... jail cells don't
need much.

Apparently you are looking for the smugness of coming home to find your
stuff gone and your little noisemakers smashed - must be why you want
the cheap ones...

Get a panel that does x10 control and set it up to pop on some interior
lights and your perimeter flood lights.

I live paycheck to paycheck also.  Buy the components as you can afford
them.  It may take a while but at least the piece of mind you're getting
will have SOME basis in reality.  The noisemakers you are talking about
aren't worth much unless you're home and want to be awakened if someone
breaks in.