So the wife and I are building a new home. Nothing spectacular. It's a modest 1400sqft ranch with about 1000sqft in the basement finished. We opted for the walkout lot, and she wants me to wire in for security when I do my networking, etc because we have a 2 yr old and a 2 wk old to look out for.
There isn't much in terms of outside access. There are 10 points of entry, 5 doors (two sliders) and 5 windows pretty much. The window sensors will be grouped in each room at the panel probably.
I'm going to install the largest panel (two, actually) that I can get my hands on for future expansion needs. one for security, one for network/audio/video. My network is going to be pretty basic, several cat5e drops to each room along with RG6. wiring for theater in the basement. I'm probably going to run 1 cat5 to each sensor location plus 22/4 station wire. 18/4 fire wire to each smokes. 18/4 +cat5 to each keypad location.
If the smokes are interconnected to eachother, what's the best way to signal the elk of an alarm? I'm new to security and have been reading, but the decision to build a new home came in short notice so i've been trying to cram!
Also, where is a good place to find deals on firewire/station wire? I'm going monoprice.com for the cat5, they have great prices.
Here's my list so far:
Elk-M1GKS
Elk-M1KP2 x 3 (one in master bed, one in mudroom, one @ front door)
Elk-M1XEP
Elk-M1XSP
ELK-M1DBH
Basement:
2 window sensors
1 sliding glass door sensor
main floor:
4 door sensors
4 window sensors (3 bedrooms, great room)
my panel is going in an unfinished storage location in the basement with the geothermal hardware and electric water heater. i will do water sensors there and to the mudroom/laundry room.
in the kitchen im going to run cat5 to the corners for PIR in the future, and one in the hallway. what else? i'm also running a couple cat5 to each exterior door for video later on.
what have i missed?
thanks!!
There isn't much in terms of outside access. There are 10 points of entry, 5 doors (two sliders) and 5 windows pretty much. The window sensors will be grouped in each room at the panel probably.
I'm going to install the largest panel (two, actually) that I can get my hands on for future expansion needs. one for security, one for network/audio/video. My network is going to be pretty basic, several cat5e drops to each room along with RG6. wiring for theater in the basement. I'm probably going to run 1 cat5 to each sensor location plus 22/4 station wire. 18/4 fire wire to each smokes. 18/4 +cat5 to each keypad location.
If the smokes are interconnected to eachother, what's the best way to signal the elk of an alarm? I'm new to security and have been reading, but the decision to build a new home came in short notice so i've been trying to cram!
Also, where is a good place to find deals on firewire/station wire? I'm going monoprice.com for the cat5, they have great prices.
Here's my list so far:
Elk-M1GKS
Elk-M1KP2 x 3 (one in master bed, one in mudroom, one @ front door)
Elk-M1XEP
Elk-M1XSP
ELK-M1DBH
Basement:
2 window sensors
1 sliding glass door sensor
main floor:
4 door sensors
4 window sensors (3 bedrooms, great room)
my panel is going in an unfinished storage location in the basement with the geothermal hardware and electric water heater. i will do water sensors there and to the mudroom/laundry room.
in the kitchen im going to run cat5 to the corners for PIR in the future, and one in the hallway. what else? i'm also running a couple cat5 to each exterior door for video later on.
what have i missed?
thanks!!