Ohbal Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 Hello! I was wondering the other day... the town has been without power for three months, but still I'm getting house alarms every now and then. How is this possible? Are they running on alternative power? I'm a complete ignorant about these things and I'm not claiming it should be changed, just want to know if this makes sense. Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
migulao Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 I'm not sure, but I think house alarms have their own separate batteries in them. TheGmork 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGmork Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 I assume they run on a battery of some sort. It would be a bad alarm if you could cut the power to a house just to get past it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rathlord Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 Many or all home defense systems have a battery that can keep it active for months (if not years). There's very little drain on the battery when the system isn't doing anything, so that's why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troblin Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 Will post here to not spawn topics - why does only the player trigger alarms? Why are there so many loud alarms - aren't they mostly remotely connected to call the police without politely warning the trespasser of being screwed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strang Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 Most house alarms will have a loud ala to scare away the burglar and to alert neighbors , as well as sending a notification to the police silently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viceroy Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 Panic buttons tend to be silent alarms. Burglar alarms are commonly very loud and noisy to alert people in the vacinity and deter burglars from entering the building. Alarms are not made to catch criminals , they are made to deter them and also alert you if you return to your home, that there are potentially invaders inside. As I said panic buttons are aimed at alerting police and at supplying you with law enforcement reinforcements in order to save you and ensure an arrest is made. Because they are triggered when you are inside the building they must not alert the burglars, to keep them from executing you in haste. And besides these points, what says that many of the houses you break into don't have silent alarms going off? They are silent so how would you know? Silent alarms add nothing to gameplay so why even simulate them? And player only triggering the alarm I think will change in due time to make zombies also trigger them, since it is only realistic. I even think there is a bug on the tracker about it IIRC. syfy and Rathlord 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rathlord Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 Hopefully zombies will trigger them someday soon. Viceroy and Strang are correct- silent alarms are really only for the incredibly wealthy or for businesses for the most part. I've heard house alarms go off a few times... holy hell are they loud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohbal Posted August 24, 2014 Author Share Posted August 24, 2014 Alrighty, makes sense Thanks for the answers guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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