Three Things You Should Know About Wireless Alarm Systems

Wireless alarm systems are nothing new. They have been around for quite a while. However, many homeowners who either owned an alarm system in the past or are just now getting one installed are turning to wireless alarm systems more than ever. The problem? Most homeowners aren’t exactly sure how wireless alarm systems work, or have questions about their reliability or interaction with other wireless devices in the home. Today we’ll answer a few of these pressing questions.

Here are three things you should know about wireless alarm systems:

Wireless Alarm Systems Are The Most Reliable

Many believe that a wireless alarm system simply can’t be as reliable as a hard wired alarm system. In fact, wireless alarm systems are the most reliable alarm systems. Why? Wireless alarm systems don’t have any wires to cut. Intruders will often try to cut your phone line or other wires associated with your alarm system before entering the home. This easily defeats even the most sophisticated hard wired, phone line based alarm systems. Wireless alarm systems often use built in cellular monitoring technology as well, making them even less likely to be defeated easily.

Wireless Alarm Systems Are Easy To Install

While a lot of homeowners ask the question “Is a wireless alarm system easy to install?”, most find out the answer pretty quickly. The answer is, of course, yes! Wireless alarm systems are some of the easiest systems to install. With many wireless alarm companies now offering do it yourself alarm system installations homeowners can have their new wireless alarm system set up in under an hour. Plugging in the main Control Panel, peeling & placing the wireless sensors, and calling for activation is the entire process in a nutshell. This process, on average, takes about 30-40 minutes. Compare that to hard wired alarm system installations that can take many hours or multiple days.

Wireless Alarm Systems DO NOT Interfere With Other Wireless Devices

With so many devices in your home now operating under the “wireless” moniker one might think these devices interact in a negative way. For instance, your wireless alarm system may interfere with or be interfered with by wireless internet, or smartphone, or Bluetooth device. This is simply not the case. Wireless alarm systems use a proprietary frequency to send signals to and from the Control Panel and sensors. This means no other electronic device, wireless or not, uses this frequency. That being said your wireless alarm system will not interfere or be interrupted by any other devices in your home.

These are some of the important questions folks ask when they’re shopping for a new wireless alarm system. Especially if they haven’t had experience with one in the past. Wireless alarm systems may sound complicated, but they’re actually pretty simple technology-wise, extremely user friendly and are very easy to install.

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