AboutDave Neuweiler Expertise The design and application of burglary and fire systems for homes and businesses. Helping alarm owners understand how their system works. Helping to troubleshoot false alarm problems. Questions about monitoring issues.
Experience Over a quarter century in the industry. Experience in installation, service, and monitoring centers. Training manager for a national protective services company; director of education and training for a national trade organization for for alarm dealers.
Question Dear Dave-
I am gettign an alarm system put in- wireless with a motion
detector. do you recomend putting a sensor on every window
on the first floor and basement? is it neccesary if you have a
motion detector ?
I am also a volunteer on this site and find it very rewarding.
hope you do to.
thanks, mary
Answer Hi Mary, and thanks for your question.
Is motion detection important? Sure. Consider this: a window contact detects when the window (or door) is opened. But what happens if a burglar breaks the glass? With just a contact -- nothing.
Motion detection will detect a burglar's entry after breaking a window.
I hope this helps, and please write again if you have other questions.
