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Home Security With Lighting
When dealing with a burglar, light is one of
your most important allies. Burglars fear three things and those are noise, time and light.
We’ll be discussing this last element and see how you can set up your home security
system to enhance the effectiveness of your lighting as well as what some of the best and
some of the worst lighting security components you can find out there.
Home lighting options
You will
basically have several “lines of defense” in what regards your home’s
illumination. The first one is the use of outdoor spotlights and landscaping lighting.
Outdoor lighting is by far the most important line of defense you’ll have as a well lit
house is a certain scarecrow for most burglars. Pay special attention to the areas from
which you might think a burglar could sneak in and also illuminate your doors, windows and
other critical areas that could be subject of a burglary.
Your next line
of defense is your indoor lighting system. This is normally composed of (mostly) your
average, day to day light sources that you use, but if you feel you need extra light in some
areas that could be a juicy opportunity for a burglar even when you are home but in a
different area of the house, you should consider supplementing them with some extra
brightness.
Last but not
least, if there’s an unlit area in your house and you don’t want to consider
getting a light source in there (or if it’s impossible) your last bet is a night-vision
home security camera. These cameras act as normal ones during the day, but when the light
goes below a certain level, they automatically turn on their infrared mode and they will
virtually see every movement through the dark. Obviously, if you’ve gotten to the point
where you catch a thief on tape, moving around in your house, chances are you should’ve
done more to prevent this situation from happening.
Using lighting to protect your home while you’re
on vacation
The old
“leave your lights on when going on vacation” trick is rather obsolete, as any
clever burglar will notice a house is vacant when the light is on day in and day out (or,
well, night in and night out). It will also prove to be quite costly and costly is not an
option for something that could very well be useless. For this reason, modern home security
systems started implementing remote light controllers that can be used remotely, or even
from the Internet. With these remote light controllers connected to every light source in
your house, you will be able to turn your lights on and off from a distance, causing the
impression that the house is occupied.
Unfortunately,
home security lighting technology also had some hiccups over the last few years, one of
these being the PIR (passive infrared) controlled floodlights. Despite being a good concept,
PIR controlled floodlights are easily outdone by many other lighting sources in what regards
home security.
Some of the main
disadvantages of PIR controlled floodlights include the fact that they only illuminate the
surroundings when a burglar has already reached its boundaries, hence he’s already
picking your house for the theft and he’s already in your yard; in addition, these
floodlights are very inefficient from an the point of view of energy consumption and their
high intensity flash lights cause the bulbs to burn off easily and they will require
constant attention. For their price, the nuisance they create and their unreliability,
you’re very likely to be better off with a different home security lighting system.
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