Need to add sensors, but don't know which

If you stay with main line sensors like honeywell , dsc ,napco ,ge there all very dependable depends on tech you want on them. you do not want a smoke near kitchen use a heat detector in kitchen.

Any feedback about the Sentrol ShatterPro II glassbreak sensor recessed? Are these good? Reliable? Or do they have a lot of false alarms?

Thanks,

Eric

I like the good old fashioned round wired glass break sensors. They have two electrical contacts in them and a bit of mercury floating inside. When the glass breaks, it makes the mercury jump and lose electrical contact.

No electronics to go bad, simple, works forever. Adjustable.

But I did a search and don't see them anywhere. If you can't find these, I would suggest getting a couple of different types of sensors, a few sheets of glass, and testing them.

I would avoid anything with electronics in it as electronics can stop working. (Lightning nearby will zap electronics, heat/cold cycles can break electronics.) How would you know it still worked after 5 years?

I've used Sentrol and IntelliSense glassbreak detectors with pertty similar results. Newer models don't false anywhere near as much as the old ones did. Either brand will do the job. Another genleman posted about the round on-glass models. I'm not fond of those because of problems during cold weather.

Regards,

Robert L Bass

trolling again.

Regards,

Robert L Bass

window bugs are pure junk

Then we can assume you would also avoid the rest of the security system since it has electronics and can also stop working?

Test it like you would with the mercury switch

So then .... I guess he should substitute the alarm system for a big rock over the door with a trip wire. Errr excuse me ... I mean trip vine.

Eric, the GE/Sentrol ShatterPro II is an excellent sensor and aesthetically pleasing as well, the actual part # is GE5820. It's very good as far as acoustic sensors go, but whenever possible I prefer to use on the glass sensors like the GE5150.

nothing more stupid than investigating why a mercury switch didn't go off when a window was broken out...get there and it's still attached to the ONLY piece of glass still in the frame. or I've seen them where the installer adjusted them so they'd never go off because they were falsing all the time. they're crap detectors and I would never use them.