Home Security and Lighting
Posted by Marylou Biederman in Security
Good lighting is known to be a way to reduce the chances of your home being targeted in a crime. If you make proper use of the right kind of lighting, you are going to make any would-be burglar or intruder of any type think twice about coming into your home, making it a safer place for your family.
Exterior Lighting:
Lights on the exterior of your home are extremely critical. This is particularly true for any doorways at the back of you home, as this is where break-ins often happen the. All round security lighting that is set-up high out of reach, and is tamper proof, will greatly improve your house security and help to protect your home.
You want to make sure that your garage or carport is lit well. An automatic garage opener is the best option. The best of the garage doors and openers in use today also have an automatic light that comes on when the garage door opener remote is used, lighting up the garage and letting you see that it’s safe to enter. If you don’t have a carport garage, consider leaving a light on permanently, having a light on a timer, or using a motion sensor to activate the light you install.
It is best to use a motion detector on all outside lights that are not left switched on. The primary benefit of a motion light for your home’s security, is that when the light turns on, you know there is someone or something in the area of the light. And despite the complaints of a lot of people, if you set the sensitivity of your motion detector properly, it wont be going off any time the wind blows too hard, a squirrel runs across your yard, or the dog or cat moves around. When it comes to the front yard, you want to make sure that the light will cover the entire front and side of your house, no matter what kind of light you decide to use. You can use motion sensors on these lights, simply like the ones in the rear of your house, but they are more prone to being incidentally triggered by people coming to visit, or kids playing.
Inside:
When you go out and do not expect to return until after dark you probably, like most of us, leave on what the police refer to as burglar beacons. Basically, a burglar beacon is an individual light that is left on inside your house, so that when you come back it isn’t completely dark.
Unfortunately, these lights indicate to potential burglars that you are out for the evening. In order to improve the security of your home when you are out for the evening, instead of a single light you should have several lights, and a source of noise, that are set on timers all over the house to come on at various times to give the impression that someone is there.
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