Brendan Burgess
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What is the advantage of CCTV?
Is it to identify the burglars in the event of a burglary?
Does it deter burglars?
Brendan
I would not be talked into taking the battery units as there is no advantage to them, other than to the installer who will be 'required' to come back and charge you to replace the batteries every few years.
feeding into a hard drive plugged into my TV.
Hi Zenith
That is a very good checklist.
For most of us, the cost of replacing the batteries is well worth not having wires all over the place.
Brendan
Agreed, this can be a great money maker for some.
When hiring an installer, tell them you want the engineer code for the system, and tell them what you want it set to. None of them will give it to you after the fact as they re-use codes so they don't have to remember codes for all installations. With the engineer code you can disable the tamper alarm to replace batteries.
Not sure what you're looking for in an alarm, but I had one put in last year that is connected to the Internet which I would highly recommend. You have an app on your phone to enable/disable it, you get alerted to your phone if it goes off and can even see which sensors have been triggered and can disable a particular sensor if you think it might be faulty. It also came with keyfobs for your keyring that you just swipe in front of the keypad to enable/disable without having to enter a code. The system is the Risco LightSys2.
€900 including VAT for hardware (new bell box, alarm control panel, keypad, x2 keyfobs and 10 window sensors) and installation. I don't have it monitored by a third party because it alerts to my/wife's phone, so there is no on-going charge.
What is the advantage of CCTV?
Is it to identify the burglars in the event of a burglary?
Does it deter burglars?
Brendan
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