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Knowledge and facts about compare home security systems radio shackIs your home going to be empty for some days or weeks while you go on tour? That is when it tends to be open to break ins. Here is what you can do to deal with it. * The most effective solution is to have a keeper or sitter at home. An apartment where someone is staying is commonly safer than a home that is not occupied. Try getting a trusted friend or relative to remain at your home while you are go away. * Temporarily discontinue newspaper delivery and mail delivery when you travel out of town. Untouched mail and newspaper announces that nobody is home. * If you have potted plants or a garden ask someone to maintain them. Otherwise ensure the potted plants are not visible from outside. Plants wilting from lack of water tell potential burglars that the home is unoccupied. * Use timers to work tv and lights. Put lights in several rooms on timers. The lights should be switched on and off in a natural sequence. For example turn on the living room lights at sunset. Subsequently at bedtime the living room should have lights off and the lights in the bedroom should turn on. If you generally switch on tv at 7 pm and it stays on till bed time have your timer do the same. Though the lights may be on the tv being off can give away that no one is home. * See if a neighbor can come in to your apartment or home often. Windows being opened and curtains being worked are signs that the apartment or home is occupied. * If you rent a home it is usually a good idea to tell the owner that the house will be unoccupied. The owner may want to check on the home regularly. * If you have installed a burglar alarm make sure the apartment sitter is aware of how it is to be run. * See to it that the neighbor or house sitter can contact you. The person watching over the house should know exactly who to call if any issue should come up.
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