I don't have an alarm system yet but when I remodeled my house I laid in the wiring for one to a central closet. I have all my networking equipment in that same closet where the cable comes in underground on a UPS large enough to power the system for at least 1 hour(one capable of a longer period one is planned). I buried all my utility lines. If someone is smart enough to pull the power meter out(which most aren't) they still have to climb up the telephone pole to cut the cable line as I have a steel protector on it up to about 8 feet to prevent cutting.
Paranoid or prepared.
If anyone is interested I also have plans for a gas flame grate under the front door mat to char...I mean scare off potential criminals.
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I don't have an alarm system yet but when I remodeled my house I laid in the wiring for one to a central closet. I have all my networking equipment in that same closet where the cable comes in underground on a UPS large enough to power the system for at least 1 hour(one capable of a longer period one is planned). I buried all my utility lines. If someone is smart enough to pull the power meter out(which most aren't) they still have to climb up the telephone pole to cut the cable line as I have a steel protector on it up to about 8 feet to prevent cutting. Paranoid or prepared. If anyone is interested I also have plans for a gas flame grate under the front door mat to char...I mean scare off potential criminals.