House Alarms

Post by **westie** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 4:47 pm

Hi.
I am looking for some info on House burglar alarms. PIRs etc. Has anybody any reccomendations for a company, or people to keep away from.

Thanks
Westie

Post by **Limey711** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 5:13 pm

In all the houses I have been in within Hua Hin, not one of them had an alarm fitted.
Do you know something we dont.

Post by **Burger** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 5:24 pm

There is a company specialising in house alarms in the Hua Hin Observer magazine.
Their tel no. is 032-547522.

I'm nothing to do with this company, but if I am contravening the advertising rules on here then I apologise

Post by **Burger** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 5:27 pm

PS: There is another more effective type of alarm.
Instead of going 'bleep bleep' they give out more of a 'woof woof' kind of sound

Post by **westie** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 6:55 pm

Hi
I realise locks and alarms only keep the honest people out but being prepared is part of the defense. I am not going to be there all the time so just need a bit of security comfort.
Will get in touch with the people from within the Observer when i get back.

Westie

Post by **dr dave soul monsta** » Sun Jan 15, 2006 9:49 am

Why not purchase a system and bring it back with you in your luggage
pretty sure that wyou will find a more suitable system in th uk than here and it will probably be cheaper

Post by **westie** » Sun Jan 15, 2006 10:55 am

Hi Dave.
Thats what i was thinking but just needed confirmation.

Regards

Westie

Post by **Norseman** » Sun Jan 15, 2006 7:13 pm

Hi westie. If you need help with the alarm installation you can pm me.
(I used to work with that a loong time ago).

VincentD · Post by **VincentD** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 10:17 am

Installing an alarm can sometimes backfire. Especially if it triggers when you're not there and annoys the neighbours. Hardwiring door and window switches are messy, and if they really do want to come in they'll just use the roof... PIR are not so effective in this weather, and is prone to false alarms.

You can get those X-10 modules here, albeit expensive. Cheaper alternatives can be found in the Klong Thom area in Bangkok.

Prevention is still better than cure...

Do what I did. Get a couple of programmable timers with battery backup. Hardwire a couple of these with your house lighting. Many come with flexible programming, so the house looks lived-in.

Get a low-consumption bulb (11 watt), and stick that in the toilet. Leave it on all night.

Get a cheap clock radio (or three). Program for different times around the house. I managed to find some cheap ones recently (with battery back-up in case of power failure) for less than three hundred baht at Lotus.

Wire a PIR detector to your front porch light. It used to scare the sh*ts out of my wife's younger sister if she came back late at night. Even after she knew it was there.

Thieves typically don't want to confront people. They'd rather hit a blacked-out house on the chance that it wouldn't have an alarm rather than something that looked lived-in.

Obviously the 'woof-woof' alarm is the best; it is probably not an option if you're not there all the time to take care of them and feed them though.

Post by **Guess** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 3:27 pm

Burger wrote:PS: There is another more effective type of alarm.
Instead of going 'bleep bleep' they give out more of a 'woof woof' kind of sound

Or try geese (Harn) in Thai. They do not woof woof but scare the shits out of intruders.

Two reasons why burglar alarms are not common in Thailand is:

Most people (including me) don't have anything worth stealing.
Burglary is not very common here. Maybe the sentence is very high if caught or the risk of being caught by the owner or neighbours may be too great.

A burglar was caught by villagers in my village in Petchaburi. I had to drive him to Hospital afterwards.

Post by **Norseman** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 11:24 pm

I heard in the news some minutes ago; there's been a housebreaking in Tropical Hill today or yesterday. A safe was stolen, containing an expensive camera and papers. The perpetrators were most probably 2 men due to the fact it was a heavy safe.
The couple who lived there, a farang + a thai woman, had been away for 2 days in Bangkok.
This is a reminder to all of you to read VincentD's good advise one more time.

Post by **westie** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 1:03 am

Hi.
Thanks for the information from all and i have taken it all in. Looks like something is required after the break in at tropical hill. Good idea about the radios and lights etc.
Pleased i put a post in.
Looking forward to getting back and having a beer or two in the Shed

Regards.

Westie

Post by **caller** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 3:54 am

I got conflicting information on break-ins back in August. The agents invariably said, "no, doesn't happen", but one owner I visited on an "estate" not too far South, Thai and farang occupied, said that there had been 3 to his knowledge on that particular development. Needless ro say, as he was looking to sell, he had no reason to lie.

I would treat HH with the same "respect" as where I live. I like the idea of a security light and some new houses I looked at came fully alarmed.

Out of curiosity and on a slightly different slant, do banks there provide security boxes?

Post by **Norseman** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 8:31 am

Hi caller. As far as I know most banks provide security boxes. I use Bank of Ayudhya and they rent out these boxes. Don't know the cost but I can find out if you're interested.

Post by **Limey711** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 1:12 pm

Norseman

I would like to know the cost of security boxes, although I am with a different bank, I would asume the cost would be similar.
Thanks