Installation manual

SYSTEM 236 Installation Manual

THE LIMITATIONS OF YOUR ALARM SYSTEM

While the SYSTEM 236 is an advanced design security system, it does

not offer guaranteed protection against burglary, fire, or other

losses. Any alarm system, whether commercial or residential, is subject

to compromise or failure-to-warn for a variety of reasons. These include:

Intruders may gain access through unprotected openings or have the

technical sophistication to bypass an alarm sensor or disconnect an

alarm warning device.

Intrusion detectors, smoke detectors, and many sensing devices will

not operate without power. Devices powered by AC will not work if

their AC power supply is off for any reason and their back-up batteries

are missing, dead, or improperly installed.

Alarm warning devices such as sirens, bells, and horns may not alert

people or wake up sleepers if they are located on the other side of

closed or partly closed doors. If warning devices are on a different

level of the residence from bedrooms, there are less likely to waken

or alert people inside the bedrooms.

Telephone lines needed to transmit alarm signals from a premise to

a central monitoring station may be out of service or temporarily out

of service. Telephone lines are subject to compromise by sophisti-

cated methods of attack.

Smoke detectors used in conjunction with the alarm system may not

sense fires that start where smoke cannot reach the detectors, such

as chimneys, walls, or roofs, or on the other side of closed doors.

Smoke detectors also may not sense a fire on another level of the

residence or building. A second-floor detector, for example, may not

sense a first-floor or basement fire. Finally, smoke detectors have

sensing limitations. No smoke detector can sense every kind of fire

every time. In general, detectors may not always warn you about fires

caused by carelessness and safety hazards, like smoking in bed,

violent explosions, escaping gas, improper storage of flammable

materials, overloaded electronic circuits, children playing with

matches, arson, etc.

The most common cause of an alarm system not functioning properly

when an intrusion or fire occurs is inadequate maintenance. Your

alarm system should be tested weekly to make sure all sensors

are operating properly. The SYSTEM 236 and all keypads should

also be tested.

Installing an alarm system may make you eligible for lower insurance

rates. However, an alarm system is not a substitute for insurance.

Homeowners, property owners, and renters should continue to

insure their lives and property.

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