Idea for Cheap Alarm System
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Posted by EdwardATeller on August 8, 2007, 7:32 am
Please log in for more thread options detector that sets off a loud siren. I think that would scare off the majority of intruders. We come in through the garage, so I would just throw the circuit breaker to turn it off. If anyone knows a product like this, I'd love to hear about it. Then I started thinking about something a little more elaborate. What if you had a cell phone attached to the motion detector that could be set to dial a number if it were set off? For example, it could dial 911 and play a recorded message saying the house address and there was a burglary in process. Or it could dial my cell phone, and then I could decide if I wanted to dial 911. A Virgin Mobile cell phone works out under $6 a month, much cheaper than a monitoring contract. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Shawn Hirn on August 8, 2007, 7:38 am
Please log in for more thread options Consumer Reports had an extensive article exactly on this subject a month or two ago. You might want to check out the review online or at your public library. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Kendog on August 8, 2007, 8:46 am
Please log in for more thread options EdwardATeller wrote:
> I'd like to have a simple alarm. It could be as basic as a motion
> detector that sets off a loud siren. I think that would scare off the > majority of intruders. We come in through the garage, so I would > just throw the circuit breaker to turn it off. If anyone knows a > product like this, I'd love to hear about it. > > Then I started thinking about something a little more elaborate. What > if you had a cell phone attached to the motion detector that could be > set to dial a number if it were set off? For example, it could dial > 911 and play a recorded message saying the house address and there was > a burglary in process. Or it could dial my cell phone, and then I > could decide if I wanted to dial 911. A Virgin Mobile cell phone > works out under $6 a month, much cheaper than a monitoring contract. > http://www.lasershield.net/ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Nick Hull on August 8, 2007, 5:09 pm
Please log in for more thread options In article
> Then I started thinking about something a little more elaborate. What
> if you had a cell phone attached to the motion detector that could be > set to dial a number if it were set off? For example, it could dial > 911 and play a recorded message For many years before cell phones I used a system that would call my pager and transmit a code telling me what was happening. It works very well. Free men own guns - www(dot)geocities(dot)com/CapitolHill/5357/ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by George Grapman on August 8, 2007, 5:02 pm
Please log in for more thread options Some stores sell a battery operated device that attaches to a window
and emits a flashing red light. I keep one on my dash board. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
> detector that sets off a loud siren. I think that would scare off the
> majority of intruders. We come in through the garage, so I would
> just throw the circuit breaker to turn it off. If anyone knows a
> product like this, I'd love to hear about it.
>
> Then I started thinking about something a little more elaborate. What
> if you had a cell phone attached to the motion detector that could be
> set to dial a number if it were set off? For example, it could dial
> 911 and play a recorded message saying the house address and there was
> a burglary in process. Or it could dial my cell phone, and then I
> could decide if I wanted to dial 911. A Virgin Mobile cell phone
> works out under $6 a month, much cheaper than a monitoring contract.