On 06/05/2018 13:44, ARW wrote:
On 05/05/2018 23:05, dennis@home wrote:
On 05/05/2018 17:54, ARW wrote:


They can use EOL if they want. The first thing to disable is the bell
box. Five minutes job done and the ladders are back on the van.


Taking the cover off mine will sound the alarm in both bell boxes.
They probably think one is a dummy so will not be prepared.

They probably won't cut the phone either.

Most bell boxes sound if you remove the cover, hence you use other
methods to disable them than do not involve removing the cover.


foam is a bit hit and miss especially with double skinned bell boxes.
Most people probably wont know if its double skinned or not.

there are other methods but they are all a bit hit and miss.

When I was working for Chubb I used to run a thin wire around the inside
of the box and connect it to the tamper circuit. Not standard but it was
easy to do. Then there was a good chance that they would set the alarm
off if they drilled it.

These days you can just put a vibration sensor inside as they are cheap
and fairly reliable.


Of course no alarm will put junkies off.

I know of one burglary where two yobs kicked a gate in, went in the back
garden and picked up a bench which they threw though the patio doors and
went in and took the TV. All while the dogs were barking, the alarm
going off and the owners in bed upstairs.