Securyploof, Swimming pool alarms

Numbers of alarms

Many alarms on the market for your swimming pool. Depending on your needs and prices, what to choose ?

Gate alarms
Door alarms
Window alarms
Perimeter alarms
Floating/wave sensors
Conclusion

The gate alarm

Gate alarms are mounted directly on your pool's gate with two magnetic switches. These alarms, which are battery powered, activate when the gate is opened and the electrical field is broken. There is an override button that can be pressed by an adult to allow them to pass through without sounding the alarm. Gate alarms are designed for outdoor use, come in many different sizes, are inexpensive, and easy to install. The disadvantages of these devices includes they are battery powered, possess no audible low battery indicator, and have no DC power adaptor.

The door alarm

Door alarms are designed for pools that include the house in some part of or in their entire perimeter. When the door is opened an audible alarm sounds. These alarms, which are turned on and off using a key or a keypad, are either battery powered or use the home's current. They are affordable, easy to install, and provide a warning if the door is opened. They are also useful in detecting intruders. Disadvantages include the fact that they can be unintentionally left off, the pitch of the alarm may be limited, and when adults and supervised children are entering the pool they must be turned off. Additionally, if you have a doggie door the alarm is compromised because children can crawl through the smaller door.

The window alarm

As with door alarms, window alarms are used if the house is included in some part of or in the entire perimeter of the pool. When the window is opened an audible alarm sounds. These alarms, which are turned on and off using a key or a keypad, are either battery powered or use the home's current. They are affordable, easy to install, and provide a warning if the window is opened. They are also useful in detecting intruders. Disadvantages include the fact that they can be unintentionally left off and the pitch of the alarm may be limited. If you have security grills on your windows these alarms are unnecessary.

The perimeter alarm

These alarms, which use laser or infra red light, form an unbroken beam of light around the pool's perimeter. When someone entering the perimeter breaks the beam the alarm sounds. Alarm beams are positioned 12 to 24 inches above ground level and should be adjusted according to your child's height. These devices, which are the most expensive on the market, give total perimeter protection at a set height. Disadvantages are that the set height may not suit visiting children and that the alarm will activate if one of the pool's perimeter alarms is inadvertently hit, moved, or covered.

The floating alarm

These in-pool alarms are mounted on the edge of the pool or in the pool. They are key activated, battery powered, and portable. Generally these alarms sense water displacement when an object weighing more than fifteen pounds enters the pool. When this occurs a signal is sent to a remote receiver which is either in the home or carried by the adult. The receiver emits an alarm of approximately 85 decibels. These alarms can be used with pool covers or solar blankets and have an adjustment that can reduce their sensitivity. They many models the cheapest are around $300 Quite expensive. The disadvantages to this system include the portability, which means they can be removed, and the fact that someone must be in the water before you are alerted.

Conclusion

Despite the fact swimming pool alarms are compulsory in some countries, no alarm system has been proved to be infallible, and each has some defects.
There is however a simple alarm that can help you : the safety bracelets for children. They provide you a great help in watching over your children, and not the swimming pool.
It often consists in a bracelet for your child and a receiver for the parents that alerts you when your child fall into water.
A few models are available on the market, but Securyploof is the only one offering such complete protection.

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