Owners of private housing often face the need to protect property from intruders. For an experienced burglar, neither doors nor windows will become an obstacle, and even walls for some burglars. In the latter case, not only valuable things can be lost forever, but also irreparable damage to the structure of the building. Modern alarm systems for the home allow avoiding such problems.
Type
What are the alarms for home and garden? Currently, security systems are divided into categories of wired and wireless. The main difference lies in the principle of giving an alarm signal to control panels.
The main advantage of wireless systems is the ease of installation and movement of individual components to a new location, as well as the absence of the need to lay the intricacies of numerous cables and wires. How much does a wireless GSM alarm system for a house cost? The price of such security systemsin the domestic market starts from 9,000 rubles and may increase depending on the configuration.
Installing a hardwired alarm looks like a smart solution for homeowners who are installing at the end of a home's construction or refurbishment project. Otherwise, the laying of wiring will lead to the need to violate the structure of the exterior decoration of the premises. The reduced cost, which distinguishes the wired GSM alarm system for the home, also influences the choice here. The price of such systems is about one and a half times lower compared to wireless solutions.
Signal elements
The security systems include the following components:
- Control panel - acts as the heart of the alarm. Serves as a means for receiving notifications that come from peripheral devices. Allows you to control system functions.
- Sensors - triggered by the manifestation of certain stimuli, for fixing which similar elements are sharpened.
- Alarm devices - responsible for warning and alerting the homeowner of danger. Can be presented as sound and light components.
- Remote controls - allow you to turn on and off the alarm, change the system settings from a distance. The most advanced home alarm kits allow you to control system functions from mobile devices by installing special applications.
Sensors
Modern home alarm systems can be equipped with the following sensors:
- Motion sensors - detect the movement of strangers in the controlled area or inside the building.
- Sensors for opening doors and windows - they are triggered by opening magnetic detectors installed on plumb lines.
- Smoke and gas sensors - notify of the occurrence of fire hazardous situations, transmit data on the smoke of protected premises to the central unit.
- Water Leak Detectors - Installed in rooms where there is the highest risk of leakage.
- Glass break sensors - detect vibrations when glass breaks.
Operation principle
How is the territory controlled by GSM-alarm system? Motion sensors are placed in the house or along the perimeter of the site. When triggered, the latter transmit data to the control panel, from which a corresponding notification is sent to the homeowner's phone. Some home alarm systems send audio and video messages. This functionality allows you to communicate with the control panel using a mobile device and find out what is happening on the site in real time.
Home protection - alarm - consists of a central unit and sensors. The main control device must be located inside the protected area. It is desirable to place the sensors in such a way that the latter remain invisible to intruders. ATotherwise, burglars will take action to prevent an alarm from being sent to the landlord's phone.
Degree of protection
When choosing an alarm system for your home, the level of protection becomes the defining moment. In other words, attention should be paid to the number of guard lines.
Good home alarm kits can alert the homeowner to the following hazards:
- breaking into entrance and peripheral doors, attempts to enter through windows;
- damage to glass, destruction of walls and ceilings;
- movement of unauthorized persons in the area of the controlled territory;
- leakage of water and gas;
- the occurrence of smoke and fires.
Installing a home alarm
If the choice fell on a wireless security system, to ensure its performance, you will need to install the control panel of the device. The latter is synchronized with peripheral components that are responsible for fixing the danger, signal transmission and alarm activation. In the case of using a GSM dialer that notifies hosts of a security breach by sending special text messages to the phone, the installation of a control panel is not required.
An important condition for the implementation of the maximum level of protection is the installation of a battery, which supplies energy to alarms for the house and cottage in the event of a power outage from the centralized power grid.
If the installation of a wireless system requires only the selection of optimal zones forthe location of the central console, hazard sensors and alarm sirens, then for the installation of wired means, you will have to take care of laying the cable. To connect here, you will need stranded wires with a cross section of 4x0.22 mm or 6x0.22 mm.
Wired-type home alarm sensors are connected to the control panel by laying wires in cable channels. It is advisable to bookmark such boxes even at the stage of housing construction. If we talk about laying cables on the street, plastic corrugation is used for this purpose. A more efficient, but at the same time expensive way is to place the wires in pipes designed for drinking water. In the latter case, the cables will be reliably protected from external factors.
Selection Tips
Before giving preference to a specific option, it is worth deciding what home protection should be. The alarm can support work with a wide variety of sensors. Therefore, it is necessary to decide which means will provide the highest security at the facility.
If it is necessary to protect the house from robbery, in most cases it is enough to install infrared temperature and motion sensors. When there is a high risk of accidental fires, it is worthwhile to additionally provide the system with elements that can record the temperature and degree of smoke.
When choosing an alarm, the most important question remains: who will install the system components. Given the simplicity of most modern securityfunds, you can cope with the task yourself. At the same time, the participation of specialists will allow you to properly configure the system, which will ensure its reliable functioning.
An effective way to establish the maximum level of security at the facility is to synchronize the alarm with other security equipment. However, before you start combining several systems, for example, with security cameras, you should find out about their compatibility.
How to properly position the alarm elements on the object?
If we talk about the protection of household territories, it is better to install components that are responsible for fixing the movement of unauthorized persons around the entire perimeter of the site from the inside of the fences.
Burglary sensors are mounted on windows and doors, gates. A good addition to the latter will be the elements that notify of glass breaking.
By installing a truly functional control panel, the intrusion alarm system can be customized to meet the specific needs of the homeowner. One owner is enough to receive alarm notifications on the phone. Others need to activate the light and sound siren. In some cases, it seems more rational to send an alarm to a private security post or to automatically communicate with law enforcement agencies.
In the end
Currently, home alarm kits can be ordered from both foreign and domestic companies. There are no problems with the configuration of security equipment todayarises. The main thing is that the system should be thought out, meet the personal needs of the homeowner, the nature of the object.
If the user feels a lack of experience in this industry, it is better to entrust the choice of security equipment to professionals. This approach allows you to get rid of the hassle in the future, as well as to avoid the need to find rational solutions for the efficient installation of system components.
