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BYOHSS? (Build your own home security system)
drunkatuw:
Has anyone built a home security system before? I know you can get cheap wireless cameras, but I was thinking more along the lines of something that could call the fire department if your an fire is detected or motion sensors that trigger sirens or something. I wasn't sure if X10 had a package or not. Basically, my fiance wants an ADT security system installed in our house, but I don't want to pay $200 up front and then $30+tax per month. We live in an extremely safe neighborhood with next to zero crime, but she's coming from living in the Chicago suburbs where every million dollar home come with an elaborate security system and I'm having a difficult time convincing her that we don't need a security system because our front door has a dead bolt (although one time I left the front door unlocked for over a week without noticing it and I never had a problem).
drunkatuw:
A little searching this morning found me this http://www.x10.com/onsale/dod_security.html
Hopefully I can convince my other half that it's just as good as an ADT system.
HaRuMaN:
See this thread: :D
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,33315.0.html
ChadTower:
I built my own home security system once. It was perfect, no one would come near my house unless we knew them.
I had 4 dogs.
daywane:
I did. Check the atari 8 bit boards.
It did not call anyone but sure let out a lot of noise. was cheap to make.
ah... the old sio