Home alarms are just an elaborate electrical circuit running around your house. A magnetic sensor is placed on each door and window that allows the alarm's voltage to run through the circuit. Once a window or door is opened, the circuit is broken, and the alarm goes off. For example, once you get home and open the front door, your alarm will go off after a short amount of time. The reason it doesn't go off immediately is because you have the chance to shut it down before it does. All you have to do is enter your deactivation code before the alarm goes off. Does this Spark an idea?
Instructions
Shut Down a Home Alarm
1. Locate the alarm's transformer box. This is a metal box usually placed in the basement or a closet. It is where all the power of your home security alarm originates, and it also sends the wires to all the parts of the security system.
2. Find the battery inside the box and remove it. This is the alarm's secondary source of power, just in case of a power outage. You will still have to shut off the alarm's primary power source, which is located on your home's circuit breaker.
3. Go to your home's circuit breaker. This will be located inside of a metal box usually in your basement. It should be in the same area where your alarm's transformer is located.
4. Follow the wires from your alarm's transformer to the circuit board and locate the switch that is powering the alarm.
5. Flip off the switch that is powering your home alarm system. If you do this without removing the battery, your alarm will still be on.
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