It can be very tempting to buy a DIY burglar alarm from a home improvement store and put it up yourself, but when you have pets, a one-size-fits-all approach is something inadequate. Most manufacturers create amazing systems with a host of features and choices, but they don’t expect every and any kind of pet, and as your pet should have the opportunity to stretch his or her legs around the house a little bit while you are not there, you should also expect to not get false alarms from your system every time your cat or dog decides to do so.
To best answer how your burglar alarm system keeps picking up your pet rather than a burglar is best explained with how these systems work.
Very many different manufacturers use different methods in order to have their systems detect a presence – and also to ignore certain presences (such as a cat jumping up onto a shelf) and to pay attention to other presences like a person walking into a room. The means of which can involve very many different methods – some systems use heat detectors, some systems use motion detectors, other systems emit infrared rays which can’t be seen by the human eye.
Some systems use all of these methods, and there is technically no difference between a “pet friendly” burglar alarm and a conventional burglar alarm. Well, other than a few hundred pounds.
You might think, after reading this, that there is no way to stop your pet from interfering with your burglar alarm. There is – the devil is very much in the details, and having your burglar alarm North Wales fitted by a professional is the way to stop false alarms being caused by your pet deciding to go for a little walk while you’re not around.
A professional security installations company will take a look at your household as a whole, and will set up the sensors in areas, and in a manner, which means that they are more than effective at detecting anyone that should not be there, but also effective at ignoring things that should.
The art of setting up a security system well is just that – an art, and a professional installer will be able to ascertain what works for your particular household and what doesn’t, while preventing annoying false alarms.
