Products
We pride ourselves on doing quality work. The majority of the equipment we install is made by Honeywell®. We also use other brands, but we only install quality products. Our goal is to put the best products together to create one great system.
Pennington & Trim provides a wide selection of alarm products to meet your needs. Here's a list of a few of the *products we install:
Keypads
Fixed English Language Keypad - The Fixed keypad displays zone numbers for each door, window, glassbreak detector and motion detector. The zone number must be matched with the written chart on it's cover to determine which door, window, glassbreak detector or motion detector is being referred to.
Cost: $100
Custom or LCD English Language Keypad - The Custom keypad will display custom name for each zone such as "Living Room door", "Mary's Bedroom window" or "Shop door" to indicate which item has been triggered.
Cost: $150
Motion Detectors
A motion detector services as backup to the door and window contacts. However, a burglar could easily break the window glass and enter the property without raising the window. Burglars can also enter the roof or peel back the wall of a metal warehouse. The motion detector is an interior trap that will pickup movement from warm bodies inside the premises when they walk in front of the motion detector. Home owners can bypass the motion detector(s) so that the system may be armed at night, yet allow them to move about the house freely. Generally, motion detectors are used when a home or building is unoccupied. In the past, motion detectors could not be used in a house with pets because they would trigger the device if the pet moved about the house while the system was fully armed. However, recent advancements in technology have created "pet immune" motion detectors. We sell two types of motion detectors:
For only one pet up to 40 lbs. - This motion detector will not trigger an alarm if it senses only one pet that weighs 40 lbs or less.
Sirens
Standard - for residential applications.
Weatherproof - for commercial/small industrial applications.
Glassbreak Detectors
Glassbreak detectors provides several advantages over contacts. As stated in the previous section, a burglar can defeat the window contact by breaking the glass and enter the building without opening a window. The glassbreak detector overcomes this weakness. These devices are also ideal for a house or building that is already built since installation is simpler. We offer hardwired (installation costs $50 per room) and wireless glassbreak detectors (installation costs $100 per room). The glassbreak detector has a built-in microphone that listens for the high pitch frequency of breaking glass. The devices are designed to respond only to the sound of breaking glass (plate, tempered, etc.) yet not be false triggered by hand claps, thunder, etc. The glass break detectors advantage over the motion detector is that is triggers the alarm before the burglar enters the premises.
We sell two types of glassbreak detectors:
Flush Mount - For new house construction. The flush mount have a neater built-in appearance and appears nearly flat against the surface of the ceiling just as a light switch doe on a wall.
Surface Mount - For existing houses. These surface mount units are mounted on the surface of the ceiling and are usually centered in line with the light fixture or ceiling fan to provide a more uniform appearance.
Wireless Components
Wireless equipment is used in locations where wiring between the control panel and a protection device is impractical or impossible. For instance, in a two-story home, there's just no way to hide the wiring between floors. When wireless devices are used in a location, a wireless receiver must be installed also. There are several receivers available, each providing protection for an increasing number of zones.
An 8-zone receiver costs $50, a 16-zone receiver $100, and a 24-zone receiver $150. A wireless door contact costs $50, and a wireless glassbreak would be $100 per room. A wireless motion detector costs $150, and a wireless smoke detector would be $100. These wireless products use lithium batteries which only need to be replaced every 4 years. Also, they are totally supervised, meaning they provide a continuous status to the control panel. When a battery gets low, the keypad will tell you exactly which wireless product has a low battery. If you don't replace the battery, eventually that zone will no longer set up, and you'll have to bypass that zone in order to arm the system.