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Interior Security Lighting

In addition to your exterior security lighting strategy, it is essential to give some thought to your interior security lighting. A would-be burglar may be able to observe your property from some distance away, way before your exterior security lighting has opportunity to be activated. It would seem sensible then, to give the appearance for your property to be occupied by means of interior security lighting.

Like exterior lighting, there are 3 types of interior security lighting: Timer controlled, PIR (passive infrared) controlled and manual controlled.

There are different types of timer activated lights – some which go on/off at the same time each day and others that go on/off randomly, over a period of several hours. There are mechanical type timers which are very easy to set up, fairly cheap to buy but limited in sophistication. Digital timers, although more costly, allow the opportunity to set more complex patterns of switching and can even be set different at weekends.

PIR (passive infrared) interior lighting will detect movement indoors. From a security aspect, this would only be effective if the burglar had in fact entered the property and would startle them, hopefully causing them to leave.

Burglars are generally quite anxious as they enter a property as they don’t really know what to expect. A bright light unexpectedly switched on could be enough to make them quickly retreat and move on.

In addition a interior PIR does provide a "welcome home" light that will be switched on as you enter your property at night.

A manual controlled light means simply switching a light on before you go out at night. This method is the least effective as a watching burglar may not be convinced there is someone still at home through the inactivity of your lighting. This method is also not suitable for when you go on vacation.

Using and setting up interior security lighting is a simple yet effective method at deterring an opportunist would-be burglar who may have been walking down the alleyway, choosing his next prey.