Protect Your Home with High Tech Security Upgrades

August 21, 2018

When it comes to keeping your home safe from burglary or trespassing, sometimes simply
locking the doors is not enough. Fortunately, there is a wide variety of high tech security
equipment on the market to protect your home from package theft, break-ins, and dangerous
intruders.

At 24/7 Electric, we care about the safety and security of our customers’ homes. If you need
any new pieces of technology installed, give us a call and let us know how we can help. Here are
some home security upgrades we recommend.

Window and Door Alarms

As technology has advanced, the number of options for home security systems has expanded
tenfold. Depending on your budget and needs, you can install everything from basic batteryoperated window and door alarms, to complex systems wired to automatically call the local
police, to smart home systems that notify your cell phone when windows or doors are opened.

Sometimes a loud alarm will serve as a deterrent to criminals who are trying to break in quickly
and stealthily. If the break-in takes place while you are home, it will alert your family to the
situation immediately. Even if your whole family is out of the house, it will alert your neighbors
and hopefully stop criminals in their tracks for fear of being caught.

For advanced home security systems, the ability to customize your smart phone notification
settings can have multiple advantages. Make sure young children or elderly inhabitants of your
home don’t explore outside when they aren’t supposed to by setting up you phone to receive a
notification every time a window or door is opened.

Smart Locks

Having extra locks on your doors can slow criminals down, but having smart locks can stop
them completely (or make sure the police catch up to them in time). You can customize the
settings in your smart phone so that the door opens automatically when your phone is a few
feet away for the sake of convenience, you can program the settings in advance to give family
members or pet sitters temporary access, and you can receive alerts to your phone
automatically if your door lock is broken or forced open. This gives you the opportunity to alert
the authorities if you suspect someone has entered your home without your permission. If you
choose to install security cameras along with your smart locks, you can easily monitor and
verify who is entering your home.

Smart Outlets and Appliances

Rather than only sounding the alarm when a criminal attempts to break in to your house, you
can trick them into never breaking in at all. By programming your lights and TV to turn onperiodically while you are out of the house, you can create the illusion that someone is home.
Since burglars typically strike when the house is empty, it might deter them from breaking in.

Motion Detector Security Lights

If a criminal begins trespassing on your property, motion detector lights might stop him in his
tracks. Without the cover of darkness, someone is more likely to notice an unfamiliar presence
lingering outside your home. A professional electrician can recommend the correct number and
placement of these lights to best protect your home from intrusion and calibrate the motion
sensing feature perfectly.