| Are you a homeowner? If you are, how many lights | | | | The burglar also won't know if the sensor is only |
| do you have outside? If you said none, or maybe | | | | going to turn on a light, or whether you have a |
| 'one by the door,' you should consider installing a | | | | system that will also notify police that there is an |
| system of outdoor lighting. That's the best thing you | | | | intruder. |
| can do to protect your home from being burgled. | | | | When you need to be away from home, you can |
| Many homeowners don't take sufficient precautions | | | | hook an alarm to your motion sensors also. Burglars |
| and fail to add outdoor lighting to their safety efforts. | | | | hate alarms. The noise draws way too much |
| Of course locks and gates are important, but | | | | attention! |
| outdoor lighting is the best way to discourage | | | | When you install motion detectors in your front yard, |
| burglars from picking you as a victim. | | | | you need to be somewhat conservative. You want |
| Focus first on where burglars gain entry. Most | | | | to detect motion when someone enters your |
| burglars come through doorways. If you can only do | | | | property. People passing by on the street should not |
| some lighting, rather than make your whole property | | | | trigger the detector. |
| secure, do it here. Light by the doorway, even weak | | | | Overly sensitive motion detectors actually hurt your |
| light, is better than nothing by far. | | | | home security. Your neighbors will ignore your lights |
| If you have outdoor lighting you are much less likely | | | | coming on after a while, if they detect motion from |
| to have your home broken into. This is because | | | | traffic and from people walking past on the street. |
| lighting allows people to see a burglar, and possibly | | | | It's the boy who cried wolf, where too many false |
| recognize him or her later. | | | | alarms allow the real deal to pass unnoticed. |
| Adding motion detectors makes outdoor lighting even | | | | Every homeowner should invest in outdoor lighting, |
| more effective. When you have motion detectors | | | | ideally on motion sensors. It's very effective in |
| for lighting around your house and yard, you don't | | | | discouraging burglars, and isn't very expensive to |
| use much power to keep your property safe but it is | | | | install or run. New LED lights and solar panels make it |
| very effective. The lights will come on when the | | | | very easy to set up and run. |
| sensors detect motion - and this will startle a burglar. | | | | |