Burglar Alarms - Home Security Taken Care Of
Should the main alarm panel (end station) be hidden just leaving akeypad on show? Using a system with an end station and remote keypadlooks neater and is also more secure than leaving an alarm box on thewall in full view.
If you have a suitable under-stairs cupboard, consider if it is suitablefor getting mains wiring to it, and all the zone wires, and which can behidden, and which can be drilled though the wall, and which will need tobe clipped along skirting or laid inside trunking.
If you are happy to use the panel with its own keypad, in a suitablecupboard (where it will then not be on view), then the remote keypad is notneeded (unless yourequire an extra level of control, say from a bedroom). Bear in mindthat you will need to run not only PIR and CONTACT sensor zones to thepanel, but a wire will also have to run from the cupboard up the stairs,landing, then into the loft to reach the outside wall mounted bell-box.If you are lucky, you MIGHT be able to position the rear of the BELL-BOXover a corner hole in an air brick, thus saving a hole being drilledthough your outside wall. DO NOT BE TEMPTED TO RUN A VISIBLE CABLE TOYOUR BELL-BOX.
