Burglar Alarms and Home Security

Burglar alarms are beginning to be a vital security equipment in business establishments, and especially so in homes, today. But most sophisticated burglar alarm systems are too costly for home use. So here are tips on how to have makeshift do it yourself burglar alarm devices, something like what the smart boy in the movie, “Home Alone” did.

Buzzers and door bells can be turned into crude do it yourself burglar alarm devices for simple homes. Buzzers and electric door bells operate through vibrating hammers that repeatedly hit disc steel plates. This creates the ringing or buzzing sound. Simply activate the bell or buzzer at night but with a small piece of wood inserted between the hammer and the steel plate to prevent them from making any sound.

Tie a string around the piece of wood and connect the string to a window or door that needs to be secured. When the door or window is opened, the string is pulled and the piece of wood is released from the bell or buzzer. This triggers this do it yourself burglar alarm contraption and sounds the warning. Thus, each night, before going to bed, this improvised do it yourself burglar alarm should be turned on, and kept away in the day.

A more practical and simple do it yourself burglar “alarm” is through the use of easy to break transparent clear glass bottles. Just place the bottles behind windows and doors. Intruders entering through them would not know of the presence of the bottles and would topple them off and create noise, if not break them. If they get broken, intruders would have a more difficult time moving around them and probably hurt themselves.

Another very effective do it yourself burglar “alarm” is to keep a dog inside the house, one that is especially touchy with things that look and sound strange at night. Or one that easily barks at any movement at night. Some dogs can be trained to bark only when they sense a real intruder. In this way, residents would not be kept awake all night by a dog that barks even at stray cats and wavy curtains.

Finally, here’s a manual do it yourself burglar alarm to shoo off or scare intruders. But it needs being sensitive to be awaken by the act of intrusion. When awaken by an intruder still outside the house, simply turn on the TV or any sound system in the living room through remote control.

Practical do it yourself burglar alarm devices can also be effective.

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