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  2. These Red Flags Can Make Your House an Easy Target for ... - AOL

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    For extra credit, you can also use a TV light simulator to make it look like someone’s watching TV. Related: How to Personalize Your Home With Smart Lighting Saman Sukjit / EyeEm - Getty Images

  3. Security alarm - Wikipedia

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    Reed Switch. The hermetically sealed reed switch is a common type of two-piece sensor. This switch operates with an electrically conductive switch that is either normally open or normally closed when under the influence of a magnetic field in respect to proximity to the second piece, which contains a magnet. When the magnet moves away from the ...

  4. 10 Signs Robbers Have Marked or Cased Your Home - AOL

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    1. Unfamiliar people on the street. Burglars often case several homes at the same time, especially if they’re on a single street. They learn very quickly which homes have people coming and going ...

  5. Home invasion - Wikipedia

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    Before the term "home invasion" came into use, the term "hot burglary" was often used in the literature. Early references also use "burglary of occupied homes" [10] and "burglar striking an occupied residence." [11] In 2008 Connecticut Congressman Chris Murphy proposed making home invasion a federal crime in the United States. [12] [13]

  6. Burglary - Wikipedia

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    California now distinguishes between entry into a residence and into a commercial building, with the burglary of a residence bearing heavier punishment. In states that continue to punish burglary more severely than housebreaking twilight, night is traditionally defined as hours between 30 minutes after sunset and 30 minutes before sunrise.

  7. Light switch - Wikipedia

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    Two light switches in one box. The switch on the right is a dimmer switch. The switch box is covered by a decorative plate. The first light switch employing "quick-break technology" was invented by John Henry Holmes in 1884 in the Shieldfield district of Newcastle upon Tyne. [1]

  8. Sophisticated 'burglary tourists' fly from South America to ...

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    Visa requirements vary between countries, but travelers from several other South American nations typically require visas with tighter restrictions before coming to the U.S.

  9. Residual-current device - Wikipedia

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    A residual-current device (RCD), residual-current circuit breaker (RCCB) or ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI) [a] is an electrical safety device, more specifically a form of Earth-leakage circuit breaker, that interrupts an electrical circuit when the current passing through line and neutral conductors of a circuit is not equal (the term residual relating to the imbalance), therefore ...