Enhance Your Safety With Motion Sensors

While perimeter security is absolutely the first thing you should get in your home security system, it isn’t really the whole enchilada.

When it comes to protecting your home, you want several layers of defenses. If protecting the people inside your home is important, you’ll need something smarter than door and window sensors.

What if you aren’t able to arm every point of entry with your home security system? What if a sensor fails? What if someone finds a way in through a basement or attic which you never thought was possible?

That’s where motion sensors come in. An intruder’s movement can give him away – and save your home and family from disaster.

One common concern about motion sensors is pets. No one wants their security system to go off every five minutes because their golden lab jumped up on the sofa. This is easily remedied with careful positioning of sensors to be slightly higher than your pet’s height. Still, this may or may not work well with cats who tend to jump to very high places, unless they are confined to a particular room without sensors.

Motion sensors also offer the ability to add extra security around valuables and items of particular importance. For example, you may wish to safeguard a valuable piece of art, your jewelry collection or a room filled with electronics or antiques. Sensors can help you highlight areas of extra need.

Motion sensors guard your pocketbook too. Usually, homeowners insurance companies give breaks on your premiums when you have a security system. And higher levels of security usually lead to better price breaks. If you play it right, the sensors can pay for themselves.

One of the most common reasons people choose not to install motion sensors with their security systems is price. In tight times, many are choosing the bare minimum security system packages in order to make home protection affordable. However, many companies including GE Home Security are offering affordable and even discount packages to help you upgrade your security system affordable.

After all, ten dollars a month can be the difference between simply protecting your jewelry and properly safeguarding your family’s life.

Posted on Monday, May 2nd, 2011 by editor

Categories: Security Systems DIY

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Every 14.6 seconds, a burglary takes place in the US. ±
Average loss per burglary: $1,725. ±
Homes without security systems are about three times as likely to be broken into than homes with security systems. ±
Favorite items: cash, jewelry, electronic equipment, silver, guns and other items easy to sell. ±
± Washington Post, 2007 (link)