Alarm for a villa with a howler, description, operation manual

Summer cottages, as well as other real estate, often become the target of dishonest citizens who want to profit at someone else's expense. In this article, there is no question of expensive houses - multi-storey cottages and mansions. Such real estate is protected, as a rule, with the help of various security structures.

Professionally installed burglar alarm will give a signal to the attendant's desk, and intruders will be detained by the arriving armed order. This scheme of protection is designed to counteract professional thieves and often fires ahead - an intruder, a protected object, will bypass it and try to choose a house with which there will be less fuss and risk. All is well in this scheme except for one - the cost of the service. Payment to the security company will pour out a pretty penny.

When can I save

If we are talking about banal theft of garden tools, tools, or even directly products of dacha-agricultural production by persons who will steal all stolen goods for a liquid alcohol-containing product, it is quite possible to do without unnecessary costs. When it's not about countering professional housekeepers (it's unlikely that they will have a look at a screwdriver with a "Bulgarian" or a bank of home-made pickles), then the alarm system for cottages with a "howler" will cope with the task posed. For the contingent of country crooks is quite enough to scare off.

Moreover, once caught on this particular site, becoming for some time the object of attention of the owner of the dacha and neighbors, the subject is unlikely to be re-drawn there. After the security alarm will give him fame, show up in this area will not get out of hand.

Application area

Some summer cottages are completely deserted in winter, even the road to them is not cleared of snow. In such areas, the alarm for a summer residence with a "howler" in the winter time becomes useless. An excellent, inexpensive, but effective remedy for garden thieves, it serves in the summer season.

If the owner is at the dacha, but for some reason can not visually control the entrance gate, the entrance to the house, the alarm for the cottage with the "howler" will signal that there is an outsider on the site, and will scare off the potential attacker.

When leaving for the city, it is necessary to warn the summer guard about the fact that the "hacienda" stands on the sound signal system. It is also wonderful to have good relations with neighbors who will be able to hedge "if that". To do this, you do not even need to engage in physical confrontation with persons who have infiltrated someone else's land. It is enough to remember the signs of crooks and call representatives of law enforcement.

What is

Alarm for a villa with a "howler" is a combination of actually "howler", the control unit, sometimes the power supply unit and various sensors. The set also includes a device for arming and disarming the object. The siren "howler" performs the role of an intimidating factor. A functioning sound device creates discomfort, renders the thief with enormous psychological pressure, attracts people to the scene of events and, in the final analysis, forces him to leave the object.

Sensors - a link that directly reacts to penetration into the housing. There are different types, each of which is intended for its "defensive line":

• The vibration sensor is attached, as a rule, to a vertical surface, reacts to any change in the position of the bodies in space, is used to prevent penetration into the dwelling through breaks in the walls, and also glues to the windows.
• The sensor of breaking glass is glued to the glass, reacts to the sound of a certain tone (with which the glasses are broken).

• Reed sensors (on a break) are installed by sets of two elements - one element on the door leaf, the second - on the door frame, triggering occurs when the elements are removed from each other.

• Motion sensor (second name - infrared). Any change in objects, bodies in the room, due to the laws of refraction of the rays, causes a change in the infrared background. This effect is the basis of the sensor, it reacts to any movement on the object and in fact is able to replace all other types of sensors.

The power supply provides sensors and "howler" with the electric current of the required voltage, the control unit coordinates the operation of the entire system. Often, the "howler", the control unit and the power supply unit are assembled in one housing. However, the possible repair of the signaling in this case becomes more complicated.

Wired or wireless

The connection between the sensors and the control unit can be provided both by electric wires and wirelessly (these technologies are so common today that they will not surprise anyone). Both ways have both advantages and disadvantages. The advantages of wireless communication include the lack of the need to lay the cable to each sensor. In the rest - solid flaws. Any wireless sensor must be equipped with a battery. A dead battery can provoke a false alarm for the system, which is unpleasant. In addition, if the alarm system works in the winter, the battery life at negative temperatures will be fewer times. Thus, it is better if the siren-"howler" in the country house will be equipped with wire sensors.

Mounting Features

The control unit of the security system is better located secretly, but at the same time near the entrance to the housing. It is necessary, in case of accidental activation, to be able to quickly turn off the signal, until all the neighbors have fled. Easier in this case will be and possible repair of the alarm system. When choosing a location for the control unit, it is also worth taking care of the possibility of supplying power.

It is also important where the "howler" itself is located. Signaling 220V, of course, is mounted partly based on the location of the wiring, but the sound source itself must be installed in such a way that not only frighten off intruders, but also signal neighbors.

Where it is better to arrange the sensors

Never trust a single type of sensor, and certainly not a single sensor. Even a good expensive sensor alone can hardly cope with the task.

The motion sensor is a champion in false starts. The fact is that even the sunlight, sharply changed from a sudden oncoming cloud, causes a change in the infrared background in the room. And although modern electronics can filter such signals by adjusting day and night sensitivity, glitches do happen. Therefore, it is better if there are two in each room. Some systems are configured in such a way that an alarm signal is generated only when a certain number of sensors are triggered.

The windows are protected by both breakdown sensors and vibration sensors. However, with vibration sensors you need to be careful, especially with single (that in country cottages is not uncommon) glazing. The trigger can provoke strong gusts.

If the walls of the house are made of a material that is easily opened, it is necessary to additionally protect them with vibration sensors. Finally, reed sensors should ideally be present on everything that opens - all doors, windows, entrance to the attic space (second floor).

A useful option is the presence of GSM

When the alarm is selected "buzzer" for giving, the price, of course, matters. But there is one option, for which it is worth a little overpay. This is the ability to communicate over GSM.

It works this way. The user buys a SIM card of any mobile operator (it is important that the connection with the operator is stable at the point of installation of the alarm system). "Simka" is installed in a special slot, available in the control unit. Such a system simultaneously with the sound signal to the "howler" sends SMS via the numbers entered in the control unit in advance.

Moreover, SMS is sent not only in case of unauthorized entry into the house. Devices equipped with redundant power sources report the termination and the beginning of the electric power supply to the network. The owner is also informed of the failure of one of the sensors.

Responses of gardeners

Is this signaling effective? Reviews, of course, are heterogeneous. The largest number of complaints are received by cheap Chinese systems. The sensors work by themselves, the control unit periodically "loses" them, etc. However, all of the above applies equally to any electronic devices.

Along with complaints, there are a number of positive reviews with examples, when the alarm system-the "howler" were on top. The secret of success and popularity of these devices lies in the fact that they, for all the simplicity of their design, operate in a complex way:

• Create a zone of maximum discomfort in the room;
• Psychologically "crush" the attacker;
• Give a signal of penetration into the dwelling of neighbors and watchmen;
• Easily installed, including without the involvement of specialists;
• Have a low cost.

The legal side of the question

Some homemade security devices act with harshness against hackers. And the law on the protection of private property, strangely enough, does not protect the owner of the house from liability for damaging the health of intruders.

When operating the "howler", the permissible sound threshold of the device must not be exceeded. Lethal in terms of loudness is considered a sound with an amplitude of over 185 decibels.