1 minute ago, sixwheeledbeast said:

Well apart from the deterrent factor of a good working system, which has some correlation to reducing attempted break ins.

If it operates as it should, it alerts all the neighbours (if they investigate or not). More importantly the burglars will not hang around.

I've known customers were before I installed an alarm for them they had burglars spend several days making a mess of the place.

Yeah that’s a good point 

 

if your on holiday etc does the alarm just keep going non stop

It will stop due to noise pollution rules but should re-arm itself if programmed correctly.

1 hour ago, Gary191 said:

Yeah but I’m just wondering for the upkeep of them is there that much benefit to them. 
 

If someone breaks in there probably going to get away with robbing the place still anyway https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/twitter/twemoji@14.0.2/assets/72x72/1f937-200d-2642-fe0f.png

The cost of upkeep outweighs the horror of someone rooting through your wifes knicker draw, and finding a dump in your microwave 

3 hours ago, Gary191 said:

Yeah but I’m just wondering for the upkeep of them is there that much benefit to them. 
 

If someone breaks in there probably going to get away with robbing the place still anyway https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/twitter/twemoji@14.0.2/assets/72x72/1f937-200d-2642-fe0f.png

Most thieves grab and run

 

Ana alarm internal sounder is probably more important than external in my view 

 

The noise will hurry them up somewhat and usually don't stick around for long , so damage limitation 

4 hours ago, al-yeti said:

The noise will hurry them up somewhat and usually don't stick around for long , so damage limitation 

 

Yeah, its really hard to curl one out in the microwave with an alarm ringing...

Easier straight onto a plate and into the microwave, microwavable plate of course. 

17 minutes ago, MrHappy said:

 

Yeah, its really hard to curl one out in the microwave with an alarm ringing...

If you were a thief probably true , get distracted by what in the freezer to eat 

 

But then you probably want the enforcer to

1 hour ago, norman said:

Easier straight onto a plate and into the microwave, microwavable plate of course. 

 

spoken like a true professional... 

1 hour ago, al-yeti said:

But then you probably want the enforcer to

 

Only if it was a Banham one..... well maybe a Chubb one too 🙂

One of the NHS student nurses accommodation buildings we look after had their microwave stolen several times, they asked us if there was anything we could do to prevent it. Our locksmith fitted a Kensington style lock and it was chained to the wall, the thieves came back couldnt steal it so took a dump on the base plate and and left the microwave running on full power, stunk the kitchen out for days.

1 minute ago, PeterJames said:

One of the NHS student nurses accommodation buildings we look after had their microwave stolen several times, they asked us if there was anything we could do to prevent it. Our locksmith fitted a Kensington style lock and it was chained to the wall, the thieves came back couldnt steal it so took a dump on the base plate and and left the microwave running on full power, stunk the kitchen out for days.

You did the call out?