Ok guys and girls here’s my take on it.
You have 4 things you need to do to help keep you from being a victim.
Make the make noise
Make them be seen
Make them waste time
The fourth is mean, and comes naturally
if you do the first three.
And that is
Make them go next door.
Nothing you do, is going to make them give up their deed.
Just make yours to hard,
And they will look for an easier target, hopefully the guy next door has done the same.
As far as a system,
I like
Insteon
It’s home automation,
That has sensors that will send you a text too.
One of the things I set it up to do is,,,
after sensor says door opened, is turn to on the radio upstairs.
A bad guy when doing his job is listening to the abode.
If before he breaks in he hears a radio or Tv, he thinks they just left it on to fool me.
But if he hears it come on after he get inside he thinks
Oh shit someone just wake up, and will most likely skedaddle.
Bill S
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