How To Build A Home Surveillance System On A Shoestring Budget

To own a home security surveillance system can be cheaper and more readily then ever before. You don't need to rely on a big company product, spending hundreds, if not thousands of dollars on a set of equipments that you are not familiar with.

Build your own security surveillance system at home and watch almost everything you can from anywhere you want.

DVR, digital video recorder system, is the perfect way to build a computer and Internet based home surveillance system. All you need are a home computer with adequate Internet connection, surveillance cameras and a DVR card with software. You can set up your system with a computer where various home surveillance cameras are connected together threading your surveillance system to survey surrounding areas, record visuals to the HDD (hard disk drive).

Computer and Internet request.

A host computer, not need to be much advanced, is the core of the system. Your computer records and plays captured video via monitor, and streams videos to Internet. Make sure there are enough free hard drive space for the record data. If you want scheduled recording, or motion activated recording, a large capacity hard drive is essential for data store and later evidence proving. Also, a reliable high speed Internet connection is a must-have. Note that a dial-up Internet connection definitely won't work because you'll need faster speed for video streaming and remote Internet controlling.

Types of camera and other issues.

A security camera can come in many different styles including dome, bullet, infrared. The security camera that will work best for your application will depend on several factors such as whether you will use the security cameras inside or out, during the day, nighttime, or both. Bullet style security cameras are the most popular. They can be used inside or out.

These security cameras come in relative small size and the camera casings are weather resistant and don't require added external protection. Infrared security cameras are also very popular as they allow an image to be seen in little or no lighting conditions. Most infrared cameras are bullet style and can be used inside or out.

The cameras have infrared lighting which allows the security camera to see in no light for up to 25 feet - even further with a little bit of light (like street lighting or an outside light.) Whichever your choose, these cameras are quite cheap, around 20 dollars, even cheaper if you buy from an online store.

DVR card and software.

Install a DVR card and its software in your PC to begin building your surveillance system. In the market, most popular ones are 4 channels, 8 channels and 12 channels which need the same numbers of cameras.

The latest software features motion activated recording, remote surveillance, automatically notifications to your cell phone, home or office when motion is detected, scheduled recording, 24/7 full-time recording and more.

The prices range from dozens to two or three hundreds dollars. So choose a software that best fit your needs and home conditions.

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How to Get Rid of Field Mice

If you have a field mice infestation inside or outside the home, then follow these tips. If you aren't sure if they are technically field mice or not, it's OK because this process will work with any kind of mouse.

First you need to mow the yard as short as possible and clean up any extra sticks or leaves in the to make it difficult for the mice to have a place to live and seek out shelter.

Outdoors you have a few more options than you do indoors because you don't have the fear of mice dying inside your walls. Only try these techniques if you are sure they aren't in your home.

Usa bait stations. These work well at killing mice, but be aware that it's a poisonous process. For the most part these will help control the population.

Soda pop in a bowl will be attractive to the mice. It can make them sick and kill them.

Use instant mashed potatoes. These will be eaten by mice and will cause their bellies to swell and kill them.

If you have field mice inside the home, there are some ways of getting rid of them.

Clean up the house and seal up all food products completely. Don't leave clothes around the house.

Seal up any cracks you find with steel wool because mice can't chew through steel.

Inside it's harder to use poisons and baits cause children and pets could come in contact with them. Use sticky traps and traps instead to be on the safe side or better yet electronic rodent control devices.

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What Makes a Humane Mouse Trap Humane?

When there are mice problems in your house or garage, you want to get rid of them. Some do want them out, but want to do so with more humane methods versus ones that cause the mouse to suffer for extended periods of time. What makes a humane mouse trap more humane?

There actually isn't a standard definition for a humane mouse trap. Typically it's thought that a trap that kills to do so within 10 seconds or less with very limited pain for it to be called a humane trap. There are some styles of traps to consider.

The first are catch and release traps. These can be considered to be more humane since they don't kill but at times they do with neglect. If the mouse is trapped and left alone, they end up starving which is worse than a trap that doesn't kill near instantly since it's a slow and painful process to not have food. These need to be responsibly checked on daily if releasing is your goal.

Other types of traps are electric ones that have near instant kills. Traditional traps like glue traps or snap traps can take awhile to actually kill the pest. Snap traps can be instant at times but also can break bones in the mouse and leave it to suffer. There are electric traps that will quickly and efficiently kill the mouse preventing unnecessary pain and struggle.

When purchasing a trap, consider what actually happens. If there is a chance for prolonged suffering, it's a good trap to avoid.

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Organic Pest Control - Humane Cat, Squirrel, Dog and Deer Repellent

At some point we all have a problem with pests in our gardens. But, most people feel some connection with nature when gardening, and while they want to get rid of those pests they don't want to harm the critters in doing so.

So what are some humane ways to get rid of garden pests? Basically, you need to make them uncomfortable in some way, but not necessarily in a painful way. You can offend one of their senses, but at times doing so offends yours as well.

You can try repellents to scare garden pests away, using scents from predators like fox urine, but that will only repel certain garden pests, and the repellent can wash away in the rain.

You can try a repellent like pepper on the plant surface, but that means the deer or other animal would have actually eaten some of your plants already.

Imagine that you could only stand guard at your garden with a simple garden hose with a sprayer attached, you could be sure of scaring off the most persistent of pests if your were to suddenly spray them for just a few seconds when they approached the garden. And if you were to consistently do so for a week or two, the pest would eventually get frustrated enough to move on. This would work with almost any pest, including deer, dogs, cats, skunks, herons, and even armadillos.

If you could only set this up to be automated, and to work both day and night it wold truly be an organic pest control that would be an effective repellent for all sorts of garden pests. This is the basic idea behind the Scarecrow Motion Activated Sprinkler system. This system has a motion detector built into a sprinkler head, that will automatically spray the intruding pest for just a few seconds, repelling your garden pests while doing them no harm.

So this concept to repel garden pests sounds deceptively simple, almost too good to work. Does it really work that well?

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