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Wireless home security systems are among the most reasonably priced home security products on the market. Hard wire perimeter alarm systems must be installed to each door and window individually. Since there is more hardware involved, the number of hours for installation labor also increases. The more hardware and the greater the number of hours needed to install the system, the greater your price will be.

Although hard wire perimeter alarms cost more than wireless home security systems, you can use them while you are at home. Most wireless systems use either infrared detection that rings when activated by the heat of a body passing through the room, or a motion detector that senses movement within the room. Wireless systems are difficult for you to use while you are in the house. A great thing about hard wire systems is that not only will it help protect your from unwanted intruders, it can also let you know if a young child exits the house. Hard wire systems have saved a number of children from drowning in family swimming pools, because the children can’t get out of the house without activating the alarm.

Nevertheless, your main purpose for using a security system is probably to help protect your house from burglars while you are away. In such cases, wireless home security systems will probably be the most cost effective any home alarm systems that you can use.

One thing to remember about wireless home security systems is that proper installation is necessary for greatest effectiveness and fewest false alarms. When improperly installed, they may activate when bodies or other objects pass outside a window, or even when sunlight shines through a window. Some of these false alarm problems are most common when the sensors point directly through a glass window leading to the outside of the house. However, if you hire a reputable company to install your alarm system, a company that charges reasonable and customary fees, you can be almost certain that the installer will set up the systems properly.

Wireless home security systems sometimes have a high incidence of false alarms. Pets roaming free in the house, fluttering curtains from heater and air conditioning blowers, and other moving objects often cause these false alarms. In at least one house, a loose parakeet initiated a false alarm, and ferrets caused a false alarm at another house. Make sure that whichever alarm system you choose for your residence, you won’t have numerous false alarms. They are a nuisance for everyone—you, your neighbors, and the police.