Lessons Learned -- Another FUD Story.

I'd hate for anyone to think I watch infomercials, but those "tap" lights that they advertise sound like an awfully handy thing to have in a bedroom. They look sort of like flying saucers and run on batteries, and can sit on nightstands (and they're smaller than they appear). All you need to do is reach out and touch them. I think most chain stores like K-mart, etc. are selling them now.
 
Get a dog also. We have two Pomeranians. One is 11 yrs and weighs 6 lbs. The other is 3 and weighs 20 lbs. Both are paranoid to the max and bark at the slightest noise. The dogs are in addition to a security system and other measures.

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"When guns are outlawed;I will be an outlaw."
 
FUD you are right again. My next toy has to be a nice 9 round Mossberg 12 Gauge with a flashlight mounted under the barrel and one of those pressure switches on it. :)
 
FUD, no disrespect intended, but it sounds like you need some tactical training.

Not having a flashlight in close proximity to your gun is foolish. You can not hit what you can't see.

Invest in a Surefire 6Z and forget about gun mounted lights.

You should also consider keeping a cellular phone in the "safe room" rather than relying on a cordless or traditional phone.

Phone lines are easily cut on the outside unless they've been run through electrical conduit. But even then, they're still easily cut with a hatchet.
 
dvc, we DO have a cell phone. Re-read my original post and you'll see that when the cordless didn't work, my wife grabbed the cell phone. You are correct about the flashlight though. I felt that since I had the whole house wired with all different sorts of lights and you were never in the dark because either a night light was on or a sensor light would turn a light on as you got close to it, that I didn't need a flashlight but this experience taught me otherwise.
 
Ah! I missed that also, FUD. We need to take back all our telephone advice, you were already ahead of us.

(Note to self - stop speed reading TFL posts.)
 
FUD, I take it you do not have central station monitoring on your alarm? If you got this feature they would call you, at as many numbers as you want. This way they could call your cell phone if it has enough reception to take calls. No answer, send police, not home, they call cell phone and police from there. I've lost no property or endangered my life too much since ours was installed at the office. I do sometimes manage to beat the sheriff. Home alarm is my dog. MWT
 
LongArms,
Telephone systems are 90 VDC. I found out the rough way when I (oops)cut the line while digging a post hole. As I lay down on the ground examining the ends with my fingers, I got lit up pretty good. I mentioned it to the phone guy and he said it happens all the time.
 
Powermwt & Mal H (and others), here the scoop with the alarm system as it was explained to me by a company representative when I called to complain ...

First off, the alarm is monitored by a central station however, that evening the alarm wasn't actually triggered. Instead, power went out. It seems that there is a feature when either telephone or power is cut, the alarm will sound in an attempt to fool the intruder into thinking that by cutting the phone line or shutting or the power, he has in fact triggered the alarm -- sort of a false alarm to scare somebody off.

I'm not sure if I like this feature not only because it woke us up in the middle of the night when power went out for less than a minute but if we lose power for an extended period of time, the back-up battery will be dead and if a break-in occurs them, the alarm will be worthless.
 
On our system if the power goes out the central station monitor knows it. Then calls, if no response they call to see if the power is out in the area. If not, they call the police. We don't use backup power for the alarm. MWT
 
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