Monday, April 16, 2012

Keep Yourself Safe with Home Security Cameras

By Mark Mahaffey


As a home owner, you are surely interested in keeping your house and your possessions as safe as possible. One of the best ways to do this is to install camera systems outside of your home.

If you are inside your home or even away from home, you may not know if a burglar is trying to gain access to your house. However, by installing a video camera outside, you will have an easy way to know whether your house is in danger or not.

You can install wireless video cameras and set them to send images of key areas around the perimeter of your home, such as the drive way, the sidewalk, and the doorways. If you choose motion-activated cameras, they will only begin recording when movement is detected. This saves on electricity, as well as wear and tear on your cameras.

It is important to remember to mount the cameras in obvious places, so that the criminals cannot miss them. If a thief knows that someone is watching him, he is unlikely to stay around; he would rather move on to a home where he can do his dirty work in secret.

If you are worried about the thief destroying the camera so that it cannot record his presence, simply mount the cameras high up so that he cannot get to them without a lot of effort. If there are trees in your yard, use them to mount the cameras on. You can also use the roof of your home as a mounting station.

You can either watch the video feed in real time, by having it sent to a closed circuit television in your home or office, or you can chose to have the feed recorded for later use. Either way, you are using camera technology to achieve the best home security possible.




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