Wireless house alarm

Hi, Looking at fitting a wireless alarm system to my daughters home, reading the info it seems to be a reasonably simple job so would appreciate advice from anyone who has done this, whats good / bad, also she will have WiFi internet so will this affect the system. Thanks. John

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John
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Simple to fit but the downside with wireless alarms is relatively poor security to a determined intruder. Wired systems are far more secure and difficult to defeat but more work to install.

Depends if you want real security or to provide some 'comfort' to your daughter. The frequencies used are either in the 400MHz band or newer designs in the 866MHz band. WiFi is around 2500MHz and minimal chance of mutual interference.

hth

Bob

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Bob Minchin

Thanks Bob, Will go for the wired system.

Regards,

John

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John

Hi There is a lot of choice out there but despite other posts wireless systems these days are as good ,if not better than earlier wired systems, for domestic use. They feature 3yr battery life with battery monitoring,antijam reporting and support Pir's, door reed contacts,vibration analysers,smoke detection and even water level monitoring. They also have full tamper protection built in. Whilst others on group will no doubt argue the ins and outs of radio as a security medium IME having fitted 100's of radio systems in my years have had very few instances of radio interference/jamming etc. Yes the early systems were sometimes poor but the new systems are a lot better and have full EU & BS accreditation. There are still some cheap and cheerful systems out there for around £100 but that goes for wired systems as well. Like anything else these days "you gets wot you pays for" so whatever you decide pick a reliable supplier. HTH CJ

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cj

Thanks CJ, Will take another look and see whats about.

John

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John

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