Posts Tagged ‘Motion Sensors’
Are Motion Sensors Needed for My Home Security System?
John Leo asked:
Motion detectors defined & reasons why you ought to think about adding one to your existing home alarm system?
So you may have a security system already. Yes you can have multiple doors and windows secured… But what if you did not have ALL of your doors and windows wired for contacts?
You may be suprised that the majority of homes that have security systems are actually under protected. Thats right, due to finances, many people choose a security system that protects only 2-3 doors or windows?
In fact… In some areas where the older homes were not pre-wired for security beforehand, some people choose to simply protect their front and back door only.
What does that mean for you?
Some protection is beeter than no protection is well known, but it is troublesome to me that a burglar could gain access to the inside of the home through any window of the house and not set off the security alarm system. Now you can see why a motion sensor comes in handy.
How A Motion Detector Works
Imagine a decvice that is approximately 3″ X 4″ that is strategically placed in a corner of your home so that the stairway that leads to your bedrooms is protected.
Now picture an invisible ray that projects a web up to 40 feet long. Anything or anyone that crosses that invisible barrier will trigger a security alarm signal immediately notifying the authorities.
Different Kinds Of Motion Detectors Available
1) The Standard Hardwired Motion Sensor: this motion sensor will be installed if your home has been pre-wired for security or you have basement access to run wires for it. If you have an inside pet this may not be the option for you as it will set off false alarms as it detects their movement.
2) Pet Immune Motion Sensor: Small pets under 60 pounds are ignored by this motion sensor thus eliminating all false alarms set of by small dogs and cats.
3)Wireless Motion Sensor: This will be utilized when the residence is not pre-wired for security and you lack access for a security installer to run wires at a later date. Wireless motion detectors are available in both the standard & pet immune variety
4)Duel Tech Motion Sensors: This specialized motion detectorr not only works like the Pet immune sensor…It goes one step further.
It not only detects motion …Additionally, it also necessitates detecting heat from a body before setting off an alarm. As you can imagine this is the best motion detector available. However it is also has the greatest cost. Sensors are available in both hardwired & wireless variety.
Motion sensors give an extra line of defence to your security system. They are truly handy when securing a basement with multitude of windows. any movement downstairs will trigger an alarm scaring a burglar away. Which motion sensor seems right to you?
Why not talk to a security system consultant to find out how you may add one to your existing system?
Motion detectors defined & reasons why you ought to think about adding one to your existing home alarm system?
So you may have a security system already. Yes you can have multiple doors and windows secured… But what if you did not have ALL of your doors and windows wired for contacts?
You may be suprised that the majority of homes that have security systems are actually under protected. Thats right, due to finances, many people choose a security system that protects only 2-3 doors or windows?
In fact… In some areas where the older homes were not pre-wired for security beforehand, some people choose to simply protect their front and back door only.
What does that mean for you?
Some protection is beeter than no protection is well known, but it is troublesome to me that a burglar could gain access to the inside of the home through any window of the house and not set off the security alarm system. Now you can see why a motion sensor comes in handy.
How A Motion Detector Works
Imagine a decvice that is approximately 3″ X 4″ that is strategically placed in a corner of your home so that the stairway that leads to your bedrooms is protected.
Now picture an invisible ray that projects a web up to 40 feet long. Anything or anyone that crosses that invisible barrier will trigger a security alarm signal immediately notifying the authorities.
Different Kinds Of Motion Detectors Available
1) The Standard Hardwired Motion Sensor: this motion sensor will be installed if your home has been pre-wired for security or you have basement access to run wires for it. If you have an inside pet this may not be the option for you as it will set off false alarms as it detects their movement.
2) Pet Immune Motion Sensor: Small pets under 60 pounds are ignored by this motion sensor thus eliminating all false alarms set of by small dogs and cats.
3)Wireless Motion Sensor: This will be utilized when the residence is not pre-wired for security and you lack access for a security installer to run wires at a later date. Wireless motion detectors are available in both the standard & pet immune variety
4)Duel Tech Motion Sensors: This specialized motion detectorr not only works like the Pet immune sensor…It goes one step further.
It not only detects motion …Additionally, it also necessitates detecting heat from a body before setting off an alarm. As you can imagine this is the best motion detector available. However it is also has the greatest cost. Sensors are available in both hardwired & wireless variety.
Motion sensors give an extra line of defence to your security system. They are truly handy when securing a basement with multitude of windows. any movement downstairs will trigger an alarm scaring a burglar away. Which motion sensor seems right to you?
Why not talk to a security system consultant to find out how you may add one to your existing system?
Picture Lighting
Russell Neal asked:
Commercial grade, custom equipment is a must to protect artwork whose value continues to skyrocket annually. Truly safe and effective picture lighting requires a higher level of commercial grade technology than standard over the picture frame mounts can deliver. It also requires a means of shielding sensitive canvas, oils, and paints from ultraviolet light and infrared light that can degrade the quality of a painting-and eventually destroy it over time. Serious art collectors in both private and professional arenas already know this and tend to favor Art Projectors for picture lighting as the safest, most optimal source of illumination for valuable paintings and rare documents. Art projectors offer the advantages of UV and infrared shielding and do not mount to the frame. This is crucial to museum aesthetic, where classics look much better when there is nothing over the painting to distract the viewer’s eye. However, typical art projectors can be very bulky, hard to adjust, and cause severe damage to ceilings even when installed by professionals. It is also very hard to adjust lighting levels in some projectors, making it difficult to match lighting intensity precisely to color and form. Some projectors also produce a beam that is visible to people standing to the side of the room. This does not look good in a refined setting and therefore offers serious drawbacks that disqualify such a device as an ideal source of picture lighting.
Picture Lighting with Incandescent and Halogen Sources Can also be Hazardous to Fine Art. Infrared heat caused by incandescent and a halogen lighting in standard picture lighting fixtures is also a cause for concern. Heat caused by these lamps will dry out oils over time and lead to cracks in the paint. Museums still using incandescent picture frame lighting have to install special motion sensors to turn the lights on when visitors enter the room and switch them off again when they leave. This is too much hassle for the private collector, and it is also more expensive. A superior level of light is needed, along with a completely heatless source of illumination, is required to produce picture lighting that is optically clear and simultaneously perfectly safe for the artwork itself.
Lighting intensity itself also affects picture quality over time. Lumens per annum, a term that refers to the cumulative intensity of light over long periods of exposure can have deleterious effects on colors, canvases or any artwork. Setting precise levels of illumination intensity safeguards the preservation of pictures, paintings, and rare documents framed in museums. This is difficult to do with accent lighting equipment that offers only two or three settings and little, if any, room for custom adjustment to the piece.
Phantom Provides Multiple Solutions in Six Streamlined, Proprietary Art Projector Designs. To resolve all of these problems, Phantom Lighting took projector technology to a whole new level by introducing the Phantom Contour Projector. Our foremost consideration in this new design was better protection for priceless works of art. While most art projectors carry some form of UV shielding, we have developed fixtures and lenses that negate its power altogether. As artwork lighting experts we have accomplished this without diminishing the ability to fine tune the projector for optimal picture lighting angles and levels.
The name Phantom Contour itself refers to one of the most unique attributes of our art projectors-the ability to shape illumination to the exact dimensions of a picture. Phantom optical design offers the highest level of photometric sophistication currently possible. They can be fine tuned with such precision as to actually hide the beam of light itself regardless of viewing angle. This creates a “lighting from within” effect when the beam strikes the picture and frame. This light is further filtered through custom cut templates or pattern gobos that prevents it from “spilling” over the wall around a painting and thus eliminates resulting shadows behind the frame.
Unobtrusive Physicality and “Ceiling Friendly” Installation make the Contour Projector the Interior Designer’s Best Friend. These models mount in the ceiling with a minimum of cutting and are much smaller than typical art projectors. We even have one Contour projector series that is designed for remodel projects where cutting the ceiling is not an option.
Commercial grade, custom equipment is a must to protect artwork whose value continues to skyrocket annually. Truly safe and effective picture lighting requires a higher level of commercial grade technology than standard over the picture frame mounts can deliver. It also requires a means of shielding sensitive canvas, oils, and paints from ultraviolet light and infrared light that can degrade the quality of a painting-and eventually destroy it over time. Serious art collectors in both private and professional arenas already know this and tend to favor Art Projectors for picture lighting as the safest, most optimal source of illumination for valuable paintings and rare documents. Art projectors offer the advantages of UV and infrared shielding and do not mount to the frame. This is crucial to museum aesthetic, where classics look much better when there is nothing over the painting to distract the viewer’s eye. However, typical art projectors can be very bulky, hard to adjust, and cause severe damage to ceilings even when installed by professionals. It is also very hard to adjust lighting levels in some projectors, making it difficult to match lighting intensity precisely to color and form. Some projectors also produce a beam that is visible to people standing to the side of the room. This does not look good in a refined setting and therefore offers serious drawbacks that disqualify such a device as an ideal source of picture lighting.
Picture Lighting with Incandescent and Halogen Sources Can also be Hazardous to Fine Art. Infrared heat caused by incandescent and a halogen lighting in standard picture lighting fixtures is also a cause for concern. Heat caused by these lamps will dry out oils over time and lead to cracks in the paint. Museums still using incandescent picture frame lighting have to install special motion sensors to turn the lights on when visitors enter the room and switch them off again when they leave. This is too much hassle for the private collector, and it is also more expensive. A superior level of light is needed, along with a completely heatless source of illumination, is required to produce picture lighting that is optically clear and simultaneously perfectly safe for the artwork itself.
Lighting intensity itself also affects picture quality over time. Lumens per annum, a term that refers to the cumulative intensity of light over long periods of exposure can have deleterious effects on colors, canvases or any artwork. Setting precise levels of illumination intensity safeguards the preservation of pictures, paintings, and rare documents framed in museums. This is difficult to do with accent lighting equipment that offers only two or three settings and little, if any, room for custom adjustment to the piece.
Phantom Provides Multiple Solutions in Six Streamlined, Proprietary Art Projector Designs. To resolve all of these problems, Phantom Lighting took projector technology to a whole new level by introducing the Phantom Contour Projector. Our foremost consideration in this new design was better protection for priceless works of art. While most art projectors carry some form of UV shielding, we have developed fixtures and lenses that negate its power altogether. As artwork lighting experts we have accomplished this without diminishing the ability to fine tune the projector for optimal picture lighting angles and levels.
The name Phantom Contour itself refers to one of the most unique attributes of our art projectors-the ability to shape illumination to the exact dimensions of a picture. Phantom optical design offers the highest level of photometric sophistication currently possible. They can be fine tuned with such precision as to actually hide the beam of light itself regardless of viewing angle. This creates a “lighting from within” effect when the beam strikes the picture and frame. This light is further filtered through custom cut templates or pattern gobos that prevents it from “spilling” over the wall around a painting and thus eliminates resulting shadows behind the frame.
Unobtrusive Physicality and “Ceiling Friendly” Installation make the Contour Projector the Interior Designer’s Best Friend. These models mount in the ceiling with a minimum of cutting and are much smaller than typical art projectors. We even have one Contour projector series that is designed for remodel projects where cutting the ceiling is not an option.