Recent content by VicVonDoom

^ what he said. get yourself a tone tester, a multimeter, a pal who's not too busy and a jumbo bag of nurofen. get your mate to open a contact and put the oscillator end of the tone tester on a spare pair (or discnx the wiring from the contact & use that) get him to shout when "on" stick the...

By triggering the alarm BEFORE entry. Should the zone be programed to dial silently, The Police would be on them quicker than they can be home with their pals ben & jerry - No matter what day of the week it is... Surely its better to know when they are attempting vs inside? Thats how we do it...

If only.... In London there's pretty much ONE contractor that deals with the HA in these types of homes and they've just been bought out by the developers! Still I suppose its the same circus but a different tent....

I'm a low voltage / security engineer by trade... About 10 years ago in the UK, we went through a spate of break-ins on newly installed upvc double glazed windows. It turns out that clued up theives had figured out that the beading on these wonderful new windows was quickly removed from the...

Cheers for the welcome! the diy Market is a little bit behind you guys in terms of consumer knowledge, we just don't have the customer base for ha. the clients that do require a little bit of automation expect a crestron system and expect to pay the costs to suit. so in answer to your...

Hi Guys, Just a little hello from sunny ol' Essex in the UK. Been a background reader for about a year now, so thought it time to register and say hello. Hello!