There are pessimists out there for everything in this world. It’s true. Talk amongst the people you know and you’re bound to find somebody looking at the downfalls in any given process. I’ve spoken with a few individuals who have a home burglary alarm and feel it does nothing for them. To that I say let us examine why it doesn’t.
It’s not armed?
I’m stunned to find that people will install something for peace of mind and never use it. They go about their day and put faith in something that isn’t turned on, leaving their home and neglecting to initiate the alarm system. It’s a simple rule in life that if it’s not on, it’s not working. No sirens are scaring off intruders, no phone call is being sent out to alert the central monitoring station that there is an issue, and in turn you don’t find out until you get back to your “sanctuary” that it has been violated.
What is more to that point is that maybe you had your home security system installed to receive a discount from your insurance company on your home policy, a home alert discount. Now where does that leave you when they find out that you didn’t arm the alarm system and your prized possessions are gone?
You may as well have left your door unlocked. The adjustor handling your claim may choose to check with the monitoring station to see if you armed the system. If you didn’t, you may be in for some disappointment.
Every insurance company may choose to deal with the situation differently from simply denying the claim to a payout on the claim less the monthly discount you received over the course of the policy.
Maybe you are anxious about setting it off by accident. The more you use it and get to understand it, the easier and more comfortable it will be for you.
Practice arming and disarming it. If you need something simpler, most home security systems offer a wireless key fob, similar to your car’s key fob, which allows you to arm in, stay or away modes, disarm and has a panic button. Most importantly, when you have the alarm system set up, ask the technician to run through it with you until you are comfortable. If you are already set up, check out some of our helpful videos online.
While turning the alarm system on seems rather obvious, it is just one thing that I find leaves people wondering why their system isn’t effective. Please follow along with the upcoming installations to this blog as I discuss other reasons your home security alarm doesn’t work.