tmbrown97
Senior Member
BSR's comment reminds me of something that hit the news a few weeks back about a house that was burglarized and cleaned out WITH a security alarm. It was a big deal that they announced that in order to bypass an alarm all you need to do is cut the phone line and/or the power. Apparently that wasn't well understood before, but now that it was all over the news, all the crooks should know about it. That's where the battery backups and cellular uplink come in handy, along with all the tamper notifications BSR mentioned and have come up here over the years (decoy wires, etc).
I'd love to see the math on this - i really odn't think we're talking about 4 hours - I'd suspect the M1 can run off batteries for at least 12 on a moderate installation... but it's been years since I've paid close enough attention to the specs, and of course there are some pretty vast variables.
If this were something you wanted to protect against however, there are certainly ways you can protect yourself. For starters, take a page from the WISP/SCADA industries where they have no mains power - you could run a battery or two into a separate charge controller and disable the M1's internal one (if possible; if not you can run the M1 completely off the battery/charge circuit and bypass its own AC supply) - and on the separate charge controller add an AC and a solar charger. A pretty small panel on the roof would charge up the batteries and keep it running indefinitely. This is something I'd do if building my dream house and doing all the wiring; not that it would be hard even in this house.
I'd love to see the math on this - i really odn't think we're talking about 4 hours - I'd suspect the M1 can run off batteries for at least 12 on a moderate installation... but it's been years since I've paid close enough attention to the specs, and of course there are some pretty vast variables.
If this were something you wanted to protect against however, there are certainly ways you can protect yourself. For starters, take a page from the WISP/SCADA industries where they have no mains power - you could run a battery or two into a separate charge controller and disable the M1's internal one (if possible; if not you can run the M1 completely off the battery/charge circuit and bypass its own AC supply) - and on the separate charge controller add an AC and a solar charger. A pretty small panel on the roof would charge up the batteries and keep it running indefinitely. This is something I'd do if building my dream house and doing all the wiring; not that it would be hard even in this house.