From 20$ do-it-yourself kits to high tech security systems that need to be installed by professionals, alarm systems are all build around the same few basic concepts.

We will try to examine these concepts and as you’ll probably see the most simple and cheap burglar alarm systems are also the most effective. Usually the basic burglar alarm system is a very simple electric circuit that is built into an enter way.

In a burglar alarm the “switch” detects the act of intrusion such as opening a door or a window.
The magnetic sensor in a closed circuit consists of only few components , the most basic design usually has:

•    a battery to power the circuit
•    a spring-driven switch built into a door
•    a magnet in the door lined up to the switch
•    a separately powered buzzer

When you close the door the magnet closes the switch and the circuit is complete but the buzzer circuit stays open, if you open the door you move the magnet, the springs snaps the switch back in it’s position. This cuts of the current and sounds the alarm.

There are two types of circuits usually used when building an alarm system : a closed-circuit system and an open-circuit system. Closed-circuit systems are usually better given the fact that a crook can deactivate it by cutting the connected wires.

Some cheap burglar alarms use a button as the switch . The button is embedded in the door frame , when someone opens the door the button is realesed changing the circuit and causing the alarm to go off.
All of these circuits guarantee the security at the points where a burgler can enter the building but let’s see what we can do if he manages to pass trough the door alarm.
To detect an intruder who’s already inside the house you need a “motion detector”.

Basic motion detectors are common these days and also reasonably priced you can see them every day at shops doors for example.

In typical cheap burglar alarm systems however the control panel wont sound the alarm immediately to give the owner time to go and enter the security code. If the security code is not entered tough the control panel will activate the alarm.

There are few things security systems usually do when detecting an intruder such as activating:
•    flashing outdoor lights
•    a siren
•    a telephone auto-dialer that can either dial the police and play a recorded message giving them the address either dial the security company that will have information the information and call the police.

Home security industry is growing constantly and the competition between companies now made the prices drop, even a cheap burglar alarm system that can cost no more then 100-200 $ can be a good protection for your home.

To find out about specific alarm systems check with your local sellers.

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It is wise to invest in a high tech security system that will protect your home and your family but here are some easy funny and rather crazy ways to make your home safer.

12 funniest ways of staying protected without a burglar alarm

Cheap burglar alarm no 1:
• Buy two snake cages and one snake , put them in a visible place like in front of a window , put the snake in one cage and close the lid, leave the other cage empty and with the lid off. Few burglars will risk finding out where the other snake is.
Cheap burglar alarm no 2:
• Look poor, they are obviously looking for valuable goods so looking like you don’t own any will definitely help keeping crooks away.
Cheap burglar alarm no 3 :
• Police often sells old cars, buy yourself one and keep it in front of your house with the siren on , take sleeping pills and go to sleep.
Cheap burglar alarm no 4:
• Put huge signs saying THIS HOME IS PROTECTED BY LASERS ,cheap pointers can be installed around your house and turned on with timers.
Cheap burglar alarm no 5:
• Get yourself a big bad dog or even better 2 , train them to attack anyone besides you, this might cause you some law suites but will keep burglars away.
Cheap burglar alarm no 6:
• Set up non-lethal traps around the house , look at the “Home alone” series to get inspiration.
Cheap burglar alarm no 7:
• Record a tape of a : barking dog , a tiger, a lion rawr etc and play it when you go out.
Cheap burglar alarm no 8:
• Why not go totally crazy and populate your front yard with the above named animals in living flesh that is guaranteed to keep anyone away from your home including yourself.
Cheap burglar alarm no 9:
• Make your house look like the home of a maniac serial killer. Props such as bones blood spilled all over the walls, realistic skulls and woman hair will be useful for this one.
Cheap burglar alarm no 10:
• Curse your possessions: get a witch to come to your home and put a curse on your most valuable possessions also attach a note to let eventual crooks know those objects are cursed.
Cheap burglar alarm no 11:
• Go live with your parents , one of them will always be home especially when you want to bring a date home for some steamy love. You won’t have to bother about privacy ever again: you just wont have any.
Cheap burglar alarm no 12:
• Spread the rumor that you’re building home made bombs and let the neighbors hear and explosion once a while, crooks probably won’t risk stepping on god knows what you’ve created .

If you don’t have the time or the guts to apply any of these methods just steal some security company signs from a home that has them and use them on the doors and windows of your home this should make crooks at least hesitate before entering and if they enter they’ll spend a lot of time looking for the security system that of course does not exist.

If all fails either buy a proper security alarm system or move to a trailer park… nobody robes those.

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Learn how to make an alarm system by yourself one that will cost you as litlle as 5 $.

Here are the easy steps:

What you need: a 4 x 4 piece of card board, one clothespin , three regular size rubber bands, one big paper clip, one push pin thumbtack, one AA battery, one piece of thread or kite string 6 to 8 inches(15 to 20 cm), one spare piece of thin card board, an aluminium pie pan, one AA battery holder,3VCD mini buzzer.

The best part is you most likely have a lot of these items around your house and will only pay for the battery holder and the mini buzzer to make your own cheap burglar alarm system.
Let’s get started.

1. Punch 4 holes in the 4 x 4 piece of card board around the battery holder .
2. Push a rubber band trough the bottom of the whole and pull it trough the other hole.
3. Secure it on the other side with a paper clip. Do this for both holes.
4. Put your battery into the battery holder.
5. Slide the rubber bands over the battery holder
6. Put the clothespin on the cardboard you worked on and poke to holes on eachside of it.
7. Push a rubber band on the bottom of one hole and pull it trough the other hole , secure it with a paper clip and slide in the clothes pin.You can also use super glue to keep these  items in place and it’s easier, just glue them to the card board.
8. Poke 2 holes for the mini buzzer, unfold the big paper clip and push both ends of it trough the holes of the mini buzzer, bend the papaer clip on the back of the card board to secure the mini buzzer.
9. Take your clothespin out put it on the aluminium pie pan and trace a pattern around the top half of it with a pen. Cut that part you just drawn out of  the aluminium pan into a boot shape , you’ll need 2 parts.
10. Poke a hole into the tip of the aluminium part, and super glue it inside the clothespin.Slide the clothes pin back on the card board.
11. Cut a small square from the thin piece of card board and poke a hole in it. Pull the thread trough the hole and tie a knot, tie a knot around the thumb tack too.
12. Insert the black wire from the AA battery and the black wire from the mini buzzer holder trough the aluminium boot hole.
13. Place the piece of thin cardboard trough the clothespin, and tie the 2 red wires together or solder them.
14. Your cheap burglar alarm is complete.

Put some duct tape on the back of it to make it stick to the wall and test it.
Glue it on your door then take the thumb tack and stick it in the wall near your door. Now open the door. The mini buzzer goes on !  It works.

Of course this particular cheap burglar alarm only works when you’re actually inside the house and if the crook uses the door to enter so it’s best to go for the normal alarm systems to ensure bigger protection.

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There are a lot of things WRONG with common used home alarm systems here are few of them:
1. The control panel the keypad and the siren are usually “all in one” , while these type of models were created to ease up the installation and are part of free or cheap burglar alarm systems they are all equally useless.

The big issue with this type of systems is that to assure the owner of the house can stop the alarm when he gets home there has to be a “delay” time between the moment the door is opened and the moment the alarm actually goes off, that gives a crook the same time to enter go to the “all in one” alarm system and just take the unit off the wall. Since most likely a crook will know how these cheap burglar alarms work they will destroy it before the siren goes on making the whole alarm useless.

2. As if this wasn’t enough right next to this type of alarm systems there is the power supply that can be easily turned off and make the alarm again useless.

3. The worst part is that the phone jack is also located near the power supply, this being the only connexion to outside if it gets unplugged the alarm wont be able to communicate and the crook wont even have to bother ripping the alarm off the wall .

The sad part is that a cheap burglar alarm offers zero security value and serves only the purpose of bringing companies that make them large amounts of money every month from the “monitoring fee ” .

Millions of systems like this “secure” homes all over U.S.A and Canada  offering literally no value and making people indulge in a false sense of  security .

What do we have to always keep in mind when buying an alarm system?

• The keypad has to be far away from the actual control panel, it should take a lot more to find it then the Delay Time you have to enter the security code, if possible it should be in a hidden place.
• If the siren is close to the control panel then it’s all useless as the crooks can just follow the siren sound to find the panel so install the siren in a different place as well.
• All important parts of the alarm such as the phone jacket  the control panel and the power supply must not be visible from outside your home.
• If you plan on spending money each month on monitoring the alarm system you might as well invest in an alarm that is properly installed and that can actually protect you from crooks , if not invest the money in solid security such as better locks and solid glass.

Never go for cheap burglar alarm systems that might seem like a bargain at first but will never give you and your family any protection always remember that a crook will know more about an alarm than you do so at least make it as hard as it gets for him to put your alarm off.

The good news is thousands of people from all around the world are allready replacing their cheap burglar alarm systems with improved ones.
Stay safe.

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