Re: Which alarm panel to buy for home?

On Oct 9, 8:42ï¿½pm, tourman <robercampb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Oct 7, 12:09ï¿½pm, "Eric B."
<ebe...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > Hi,
>
> > I'm looking for recommendations as to which panel to install for my hou
se.
> > I'm doing some extensive renos, so running cable to all doors and windo
ws is
> > not a problem. ï¿½My parents have a Napco system, my sister
uses 
DSC. ï¿½From my
> > experience with both, I find the DSC is more DIYer-friendly, but my
> > experience also dates back several years, and I no longer am up to spee
d
> > with the latest and greatest changes that have occured.
>
> > I am looking for the "standard" features; multi-zone control,
smoke/fir
e, CO
> > level monitoring. ï¿½No need for any fancy bells and
whistles, al
though
> > wireless keyfobs and/or remote dial-in access could always be fun to ad
d in
> > the future.
>
> > Any suggestions as to which company to start researching?
ï¿½Why 
choose one
> > over another?
>
> > Thanks!
>
> > Eric
>
> RHC: In case you haven't noticed, no one has responded to your
> question. The reason is, this is like asking what kind of car to
> buy !! Every installer and installing company has their favourite
> panel, and that is the one that they will recommend based on their
> knowledge of and experience with that particular line of panels. ï¿
½For
> example (and not recommending one over the other), I use and install
> DSC but wouldn't know a Napco product if it fell off the shelf and hit
> me on the head. So of the two, which one would I be more likely to
> recommend.
>
> Nuff said.......do your research but when you do choose a make and
> model, try to stay away from wireless stuff !

You might want to note that the above poster has just broken his own
rule.

Although he doesn't install wireless and therefore wouldn't have
gained the experience necessary to install wireless, he nevertheless
advises you to stay away from it based solely on the fact that end
users who have it installed by people who don't know how to install
it ...... are the ones who have problems with wireless.

I don't install wireless exclusively but I've been installing it since
the "better" systems first started to be offered in the late 70's. I
can install a wireless system that doesn't have any more problems than
a wired system ..... because I know how. Wireless is seemingly easy to
install to the inexperienced but it's what you don't know that will
get you. There are protocols and procedures that must be followed to
insure that the signals are being transmitted and received properly
within the protected area. However ........... if you CAN avoid using
wireless, it is adviseable that you do so. Reasons being that the
technical learning curve to do a trouble free wireless system can be
difficult as compared to learning the physical methods of doing a
wired system. The greatest problem with wireless, even after it's
installed properly is the changing of the batteries periodically and
the cost of the batteries. Other than that, a wireless system is
completely transparent. In other words you wouldn't know you had a
wireless system except for the battery issue ..... and of course, the
visability of the transmitters on the doors and windows. But ...... ya
don't have to run the wires throughout the house. That's the REAL
payoff.
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