Recent content by bwarren

The 3rd keypad wire was put in the kitchen, which is in the back of the house.  The front door is about 40 feet away.  It's really a dumb location.  I'm mad that I didn't catch it and make them move it.   The kids are grown and moved out so we're looking for just basic security with the ability...

The wiring is done and it's drywalled and painted, I get what I get at this point.   I think the keypad wires are cat 5.  They look a lot like cat5 anyway.  They put a keypad wire at the garage entry, master bedroom, and in the kitchen (they didn't ask, and I would have wanted it by the front...

I've heard that the Honeywell wireless devices work a lot better than the ELK ones.  Would I be better off going that route?  I'll probably add more wireless sensors at some point.

Closing on new house build in a few weeks and I'm looking for advice on security/automation.  The builder did a free pre-wire consisting of sensors on all the windows and doors (not garage doors) and 3 keypad wires all running to a box in the laundry room.  I'm going to pick it up from here...