How to Install Window Sensors in Your Home

Selecting the Switch

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  Survey your home and determine which windows you wish to integrate into the security system. Not every window needs to be covered. For example, windows on the second floor of a home that one can only gain access to with a ladder will not need a switch. Moreover, windows that are in plain sight of neighbors and the street may not need to be covered. However, windows located in unobservable areas of your home, as well as back windows and windows shrouded by bushes, should be covered.

• 2

  Count the number of windows you wish to cover and purchase the appropriate number of switches. The easiest to install are switches that fasten using double-sided adhesive tape.

• 3

  Select switches that are UL-certified.

Installing the Switch

• 4

  Read the installation instructions that come with the switch.

• 5

  Using the double-sided adhesive tape, mount the magnet to the window frame.

• 6

  Using the double-sided adhesive tape, mount the contact to the glass of the window aligned with the magnet on the frame.

• 7

  Run the wire to the control panel.

• 8

  Connect the wire to the proper input on the control panel.

• 9

  Test the installation by opening the window.