sixwheeledbeast

Sometimes the weight issue is more to do with how balanced the drill is. If the battery is at the front it can feel twice as heavy as others.

I always thought the best location was the bin, myself.

Yep, there's a HD camera mod. With it's WiFi and small housing you will only have to worry about powering it.

RPi?

VPN's also have vulnerabilities as you say. Ports are there for hosting applications. In the future v6 will probably replace the need for NAT anyway. I do agree devices aren't open enough to know about any vulnerabilities. When they sell there kit there not interested in patching like the rest of the IT world, they move on. I think more needs to be done from the manufacturers end. Here's that blog

Contact the ICO to see what they recommend? There needs to be a secure method of transferring the footage IMO.

Risks are unsecure devices rather than the act of port forwarding. The equipment would need to adapted by having random default passwords for example. I recall a blog on this very topic by Joe a while back.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Series_and_parallel_circuits

They are free, Apple and Android.

Your looking at kit that the installers you have quotes from may have never fitted. If you are really unsure from what we have said so far, the only other things I can think of is:- Mesh, Texecom is Mesh based this maybe a good thing or it maybe a not so good thing. Generally you need more devices to increase signal security, with the idea that devices talk to each other not just to the controls. In a normal house the mesh will make little difference either should work fine. Range of devices, I know that Texecom has a large range of kit from Outdoor PIR's, DT's, Smokes, PA's .... As for others I don't know them well enough to comment on there range of kit.

The usual advice is get at least three quotes from approved companies. Choose the one you feel comfortable with and suits your needs, not necessarily the cheapest. Have you also compared warranty periods, maintenance procedures and service costs?

I would think less about the kit and more about the installer. I would go Texecom but only because that is preferred kit that I know very well. Different installers will use different kit that suits there company and they are trained and experienced on.

Internal? Series the speakers together?

printed on the cable?

I know the Pyronix Belle well and you will find is more like 500mA. PSU would be required unless you use SCB mode. You shouldn't have a system running anywhere near it's maximum output. You will need to common the negatives from the PSU's and also consider how you will get the tampers to work together.

It would depend on the application.

We are talking DIY help here. Seems sensible advise if there has been no issues. I would hope the system was installed correctly. Do I really need to have this sort of disclaimer for every DIY post? Obviously the ideal solution is have an approved installer service the system, but that wasn't the question.

Found out what's in there an replace like for like would be sensible.

Texecom is 2 way mesh. Visonic seem misleading, when it comes to 2 way and 1 way kit. I believe that Powermax is 2 way but mostly 1 way devices, PowerMaster is 2 way AES-128 no idea on devices.

But a PIR isn't a DT? Have you fitted the correct device for the environment?

Use a Hybrid system wire as much as you can and wireless for the rest. The wireless should be 2-way, there's a lot of 1-way tat out there.

Either continue omitting the circuit or get the PIR swapped.

All none contract SIM's will expire, you have to use them to stop them expiring.

panels in tamper then

Probably doesn't need a Strobe + It may sound because the lid is open.