Home security has never been so well explained as it is in John Mueller's The Savvy Guide to Home Security. After reading this book, you will be able to easily design your own home security system without the stress and frustration of lack of knowledge or skill. This guide gives both. With this book, even the most non-technical-minded reader will easily understand the importance and the structure of a security system.
The author of over sixty books and 300 articles, John Mueller has produced the perfect text for anyone interested in securing their home from intrusions, fires or other environmental dangers, such as carbon monoxide and flooding. He discusses the various systems and detectors. He shows maps of the concepts behind the control panels, sensors, and their accessories in order to offer you better advice on how to utilize them to your best advantage.
The Savvy Guide to Home Security covers all aspects of home security from the planning stage to home security development. Mueller begins the book by defining home security and explaining its importance. He offers advice on creating escape routes, budgeting in home security spending, choosing your system and customizing it, and enhancing it with automation. Instead of merely offering factory designed "preconfigured solutions," Mueller suggests various ways to customize and personalize your individual system to correspond with your specific desires.
After the initial planning, installation, and testing, The Savvy Guide continues its work as a reliable advisor by suggesting various ways of maintaining and developing your system. The book explains the varying degrees and types of automation, and makes suggestions on creating a good and reliable system. It also describes the steps for performing the best maintenance for your security system, and takes you through the steps of keeping your system secure and running.
In order to enhance the effectiveness of Mueller's principles and points, he interviews insurance agents, law enforcement officers, lawyers, etc., whose testimony strengthens the Mueller's position. Through many of these interviews, you will get inside information about security—information not commonly known.
Table of Contents:
1. Understanding Your Home Security needs
2. Choosing a Preconfigured Solution
3. Designing a Hybrid System
4. Considering Custom Solutions
5. Installing the Hardware
6. Testing the Setup
7. Adding Automation as Needed
8. Maintaining Your System
