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Posted by drew on November 4, 2009, 1:29 pm
> drew wrote:
> > The house that I bought had an old CPI security system that hadn't
> > been used in years and I did not see the need for a system so the
> > other day I was looking at the huge panel in my coat closet and
> > realized that I had both power and a phone line in a nice handy box.
> > So I disconnect the security panel and pitch it.
> Was there a security company sign for the front of the house? =A0If so I =
hope
> you kept it, those signs are excellent burglar repellents.
I have a dog whose single goal in life is to alert me or my wife
whenever someone gets within 20' of my house. A sign is irrelevant
because my dog will know the burglar is there before the would be
thief could even see a sign.
I don't know how he does it because he can be asleep on the couch in
the back of the house with the TV on and will instantly know when
someone has stepped foot on my driveway. My only conclusion is he can
smell them or he is psychic.
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Posted by HeyBub on November 4, 2009, 3:20 pm
drew wrote:
>> drew wrote:
>>> The house that I bought had an old CPI security system that hadn't
>>> been used in years and I did not see the need for a system so the
>>> other day I was looking at the huge panel in my coat closet and
>>> realized that I had both power and a phone line in a nice handy box.
>>> So I disconnect the security panel and pitch it.
>> Was there a security company sign for the front of the house? If so
>> I hope you kept it, those signs are excellent burglar repellents.
> I have a dog whose single goal in life is to alert me or my wife
> whenever someone gets within 20' of my house. A sign is irrelevant
> because my dog will know the burglar is there before the would be
> thief could even see a sign.
> I don't know how he does it because he can be asleep on the couch in
> the back of the house with the TV on and will instantly know when
> someone has stepped foot on my driveway. My only conclusion is he can
> smell them or he is psychic.
Dogs, like burglar alarms and telephones, can be disabled.
Best have a few guns stashed around as a last ditch defense. A "safe room
(closet)" wouldn't be a bad idea either.
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Posted by ransley on November 4, 2009, 4:23 pm
> > drew wrote:
> > > The house that I bought had an old CPI security system that hadn't
> > > been used in years and I did not see the need for a system so the
> > > other day I was looking at the huge panel in my coat closet and
> > > realized that I had both power and a phone line in a nice handy box.
> > > So I disconnect the security panel and pitch it.
> > Was there a security company sign for the front of the house? =A0If so =
I hope
> > you kept it, those signs are excellent burglar repellents.
> I have a dog whose single goal in life is to alert me or my wife
> whenever someone gets within 20' of my house. =A0A sign is irrelevant
> because my dog will know the burglar is there before the would be
> thief could even see a sign.
> I don't know how he does it because he can be asleep on the couch in
> the back of the house with the TV on and will instantly know when
> someone has stepped foot on my driveway. =A0My only conclusion is he can
> smell them or he is psychic.
I had a dog like that, he got old and died, but the alarm system still
works. All animals sleep.
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Posted by DGDevin on November 4, 2009, 6:09 pm
drew wrote:
>> Was there a security company sign for the front of the house? If so
>> I hope you kept it, those signs are excellent burglar repellents.
> I have a dog whose single goal in life is to alert me or my wife
> whenever someone gets within 20' of my house. A sign is irrelevant
> because my dog will know the burglar is there before the would be
> thief could even see a sign.
> I don't know how he does it because he can be asleep on the couch in
> the back of the house with the TV on and will instantly know when
> someone has stepped foot on my driveway. My only conclusion is he can
> smell them or he is psychic.
While it's good to have such a dog, a free alarm company signs that
persuades would-be burglars to keep moving seems to be something without a
down-side. I've experienced a series of commercial and residential
burglaries over the years, and today I wouldn't have a house without an
alarm unless I had absolutely nothing of personal (as opposed to monetary)
value inside.
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Posted by on November 4, 2009, 9:26 pm
> The house that I bought had an old CPI security system that hadn't
> been used in years and I did not see the need for a system so the
> other day I was looking at the huge panel in my coat closet and
> realized that I had both power and a phone line in a nice handy box.
> So I disconnect the security panel and pitch it. =A0I plug the modem
> into the phone jack and the wall outlet and set up my wireless
> router. =A0I cleaned up and check the internet and it works great. =A0So =
I
> go about my business for a couple of days and realized I hadn't been
> harassed by a telemarketer in a while (we like most people these days
> use their cell phone for everything, the only reason I have a home
> phone is for DSL). =A0I pick up my land line and there is no dial tone.
> I check the other three phone outlets in the house and they are all
> dead. =A0So I start thinking about the problem and hook up the phone to
> the outlet in the closet and lo and behold I get a dial tone. =A0I take
> the router and modem and hook it up at another outlet and dsl works.
> When I removed the security system circuit board from the closet, I
> assumed the wires that screwed into the circuit board went to the
> smoke detectors and door sensors. =A0The board had a phone line plus
> plug that plugged into the phone outlet in the closet.
> Does anybody have any ideas on what might be going on? Here is what I
> have sticking out my box. =A0I have three 4 strand phone type wire
> (Black, Green, Red, Yellow) and three 2 strand wire (black,red). =A0I
> pulled the sensors off the door and they seem to correspond to the
> black and red =A0(three exterior doors). I would assumed one of the 4
> strand wires would have to go the the security panel. I am guessing
> that at least one of the other 4 strand wires goes to my smoke
> detectors.
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
You did not say whether each of the line had a DSL filter installed
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