DIY Home Security - Easy steps to secure your homeAuthor: Home Security First 
There are numerous DIY home security systems and individual products that are available on the market today. These systems and products can be installed by the homeowner with relative ease and are available through various outlets. These DIY home security products begin with very basic systems to elaborate ones that include features such as video surveillance. The system you choose with depend on your budget, your own expertise, and the perceived threat of intrusion. Installing door and window contacts is a pretty easy job, requiring some basic knowledge of low-voltage wiring, knowing how to use a few hand tools, and an electric drill. DIY home security can include closed circuit television cameras and monitors that can also be hooked up to a video cassette recorder, personal computer, or other digital recording media. This type of system will allow you to record any activity captured by the security cameras. As a word of caution, cameras should never be placed in areas where family members or visiting guests expect privacy. For example, bathroom and bedrooms are areas in which cameras should never be located. However, DIY home security video surveillance in common areas of the home as well as outdoors are generally accepted, but recording in some areas may result in legal actions based on violations of privacy, even in your own home. If you are unsure, seek professional advice.
If Your Budget Will Allow, go Wireless
Many home security devices that available as part of a DIY home security system, are now available in wireless format. This eliminates the need for extensive installation of wires running through the house making the DIY home security easier and faster to install. Not only that, extensive wiring is very unsightly in the home. There are some fantastic cameras available in wireless format, which allows for easy installation outdoors, without having to put holes in outer walls. Many of these cameras can be linked to a personal computer for surveillance and recording. If you want to hook your system up to a video cassette recorder, you will want to have a time-lapse VCR, capable of saving 24-hours of video on a single video tape. This means the tape only has to be changed once a day. You should also maintain at least one-week’s worth of video by rotating the tapes on a daily basis. This way, if you discover that something happened a few days ago, you won’t have recorded over the footage. Digital recording devices are the most beneficial in either a professional or DIY home security system. The system will need to be equipped with a large hard drive with at least 250mb+ free space, so can record up to four cameras simultaneously. Depending on the size and quality of the recorded video, you should be aiming to record about 30 days worth of footage before the previous images get re-recorded over. Another advantage with recorded video is that it can be played back through your home computer and still images can be emailed or printed. Several systems on the market today allow you to view your security cameras remotely via the Internet, so you can check your home whilst away on holiday.
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