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Florida Security System Options – So Many to Choose From!

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Florida Security System Keypad

Florida security system options more vast than any other service provider!

With the recent hurricane Irma hitting central Florida many homeowners were left extremely frustrated with service providers such as Spectrum and Duke Energy. Duke energy customers in some cases went 10 days or longer without power being restored while customers under the grid of the Orlando Utility Authority had power restored much quicker. Even Kissimmee Utility Authority had their customers back up and running long before Duke Energy customers. Spectrum cable and internet customers also felt the brunt of damage to the infrastructure when estimates for restoration times lingered past the two week mark. Some of you may have experienced the infamous Spectrum message when calling in to report outages. We certainly didn’t get any live customer service representatives, instead customers heard a pre-recorded message letting them know that they are aware of vast outages and there is NO estimate on restoration time.

Ok, Irma was a natural disaster – so why were homeowners in central Florida so frustrated? Duke Energy nor Spectrum can have any control over a natural disaster taking out critical infrastructure. That’s where the frustration comes in for Florida homeowners too!! We do not have control over our service providers. In many places you have one option for your electric provider, one option for cable, one option for satellite, one option for water. It gets frustrating because if you don’t get good customer service or the product just plain doesn’t live up to expectations – it’s just too bad!

Luckily, for you and the rest of central Florida – you have LOTS of choices for home security providers. Not just homeowners either! Renters in central Florida have home security system options, too. You probably already know about ADT home security in Orlando, Florida but do you know about the many family owned, independent local home security alarm companies available to you? As a family owned home security business, Lane Electronics and Alarm Sytems Inc. has the power to give you better service for a better price. We are willing to fight for your business – you are more than just “another home security monitoring account” to us. Lane Electronics and Alarm Systems cares about your family, your home and your business.

Lane Electronics and Alarm Systems provides quality home security products manufactured by DMP. DMP home security systems feature spectrum jumping technology so wireless home security products are resistant to hackers who have the ability to block the frequency of wireless security systems. DMP security systems also use a feature DMP calls “red on alarm”. What does a red security keypad mean? In DMP’s world – it means your home security system had a breach while the security system was in the armed state. Imagine coming home, disarming your home security system and only after having sat down on the couch do you realize your home has been broken into. How scary would that be? DMP home security system keypads turn red after an alarm event so that the moment you see your red security keypad you know that an alarm event has happened and you know to leave the house and wait for authorities to clear the premise.

There are many other features that make DMP home security products great. If you’re looking for a new Florida home security installation, Lane Electronics and Alarm Systems would love to provide you with a free home security system quote. If you have an existing home security system by manufacturers such as Honeywell (formerly Ademco), DSC, CADDX, GE, Moose Home Security or others – give us a call. We can still provide you with home security monitoring services.

This is one of those times when having a choice in your providers is a big benefit to central Florida.

 

Lane Electronics and Alarm Systems is based in Winter Park, Florida but services most of the state of Florida including Orlando, Florida and surrounding suburbs.

End of Drought Brings False Alarm Madness!

Posted on by Lane
Lightning, Home Security, False Alarms

Heavy rain and thunderstorms cause false alarms for Florida home security systems.

Here in Orlando, Florida – we’ve been under extreme drought conditions for many months. The old saying April showers bring May flowers hasn’t been true this year. Here we are in the beginning of June and both April and May were dry as a bone. Thankfully, the weather seems to be breaking and mother nature is giving us the rain we desperately need. For the last week, we’ve had heavy rain and thunderstorms almost every day in one part of Central Florida or another. After a ravaging spell of wild fires burning across the state, our landscape desperately needs the rain.

Unfortunately, for local Orlando homeowners the thunder and lightning that has come with these storms is causing home security systems to go on the fritz. Power surges can occur from lightning strikes up to 10 miles from the location of the original strike, according to National Geographic. Even a slight surge can cause your home security system to trigger a false alarm. The alarm system may sound a local siren at home and send a signal to the alarm monitoring central station indicating a break-in when in fact, there is nothing wrong. Often, during severe weather effected alarm systems will send these signals multiple times in a row – a sure sign of a weather induced false alarm.

Your home security system is designed to absorb small surges of power at the transformer, the alarm system’s power supply plug. This plug is meant to absorb as much surge as possible before allowing the power surge to effect your home security system’s main control board or keypad (the heart of your home security system). Sometimes the power supply will burn out and the security system will have to rely on it’s battery power to stay functioning. Certain brands of home security systems, such as those made by DSC will alert you to a problem by indicating a trouble light condition on your alarm keypad. This trouble light can indicate a power failure, a low system backup battery or trouble with your home phone service. DSC home security system keypads not only give you this trouble light indicator on the keypad, they also will beep continuously until this trouble is acknowledged. Remember, as we come into an era where many homeowners utilize internet phone service, your communication source can also be effected by surges or power outages during a storm. If your alarm can’t use it’s communication path (the cellular alarm communicator, internet communicator or telephone line) – the alarm will sound the siren locally but it will not be able to transmit emergency information to the alarm monitoring station.

If your alarm system causes a false alarm during a storm or if your alarm system keypad is indicating a trouble, contact Lane Electronics right away for additional service help. We offer 24 hour emergency support for monitored customers here in Orlando, Florida.

Power surges can also cause unseen damage to your home security system, including causing your door or window transmitters to seize – a trouble often unrecognizable from the keypad. Equipment failures like these may not be discovered until your home security system fails during an actual break-in. If you experience a power surge strong enough to cause other electronics in your house to go on the fritz, it’s a good idea to schedule an inspection on your home security system too – even if your alarm is not indicating a trouble on the keypad. A technician can test your devices and inspect the alarm system’s components for damage. Severe lightning damage to your home security system or other household appliances may be covered by your homeowner’s insurance policy.

For more information about home security systems or for help with technical service on your home alarm system, contact Lane Electronics in Winter Park, Florida for help at 407-299-6070.

 

 

Lane Electronics and Alarm Systems is a licensed and insured Florida alarm contractor offering home security systems in Orlando, Florida, Winderemere, Florida, Kissimmee, Florida, Deltona, Florida and surrounding central Florida cities.