| Once you have had your burglar alarm system | | | | you can when you are actually going to be testing the |
| installed it is important that you learn how to check and | | | | alarm arrange to do it on a day when someone else in |
| maintain all the components that make up the system. | | | | the household knows the codes off by heart as well |
| One such component that you should be especially | | | | can be there with you. |
| aware of, which will need to be regularly checked, is | | | | 4. Another thing to remember when testing your alarm |
| the burglar alarm battery. | | | | system at home is to inform other family members |
| In this article we will take you through the steps you | | | | that you are doing it before you actually go ahead with |
| need to carry out in order to test your alarm system | | | | a test. Plus prior to you actually testing the system you |
| correctly. It is important that you schedule time to carry | | | | need to walk round the house to make sure that all |
| out a testing of the alarm system every month. | | | | doors and windows are closed. Once this is done you |
| 1. First, before you actually test the system, you should | | | | can start the test. |
| read through the manual that comes with it very | | | | Generally all a person will need to do in order to get |
| carefully. By doing this you will actually help to prevent | | | | the test underway is to key in a special code, which |
| yourself from setting the alarm off accidentally. This is | | | | they should find in their owners manual. Once this has |
| even more important if you have a monitored system. | | | | been keyed in the test will and at the end it will highlight |
| Also you should inform the monitoring center that you | | | | any problems with the system. If you have a |
| are testing the system. | | | | monitored system you may well find that not only will |
| 2. When you look in the manual often you will find an | | | | the errors be reported to you but also to the |
| index which provides you with some suggestions from | | | | monitoring center as well. |
| the manufacturer that will help you to test the burglar | | | | It is during the testing of your alarm system you will |
| alarm in the proper way. It is best if you read through | | | | see if any problems have occurred in relation to the |
| this part of the manual a number of times so that you | | | | burglar alarm battery. If there are then you may well |
| know exactly what it is you need to do in order to test | | | | need to look at changing the burglar alarm battery for |
| the system correctly. | | | | a new one. Again the manual which came with the |
| 3. It is important that you know exactly how to disarm | | | | system should instruct you how to complete this task. |
| the alarm so you should preferably keep the disarming | | | | But even if there are no problems with the battery you |
| codes or the key for the control panel close at hand. | | | | should look at changing it every couple of years |
| But it is best if you don't keep them right beside it. If | | | | anyway. |