USA alarm system for Europe

[paolofc]

Dear Forum,

I am new to this website, and I send my greeting to all the people in the forum.

I need to install a good alarm system in my house; I leave in Denmark. I want a privat alarm system, without a monthly abonament to some companies. I saw Honeywell provides good quality alarm systems, and it is possible to buy single elements (sensors), in order to fit the alarm system to my own house. I plan to buy the central panel Lynx Touch 5200, and then different sensors (glass break sensor, motion sensors..) which communicate wireless with the central panel.

However, Honeywell is made specifically for USA (it is even not sold in Europe, I will buy in USA and import here).

My question to the people in the forum is:

Is it compatible a USA alarm system in Europe ? The wireless connections among components may interfere with other systems ? May I have problems of difference in power supply, or other unexpected problems ? (the investment would be quite big, so I would like to be sure I can install in my house without unforcast problems...).

 

Thanks in advance for your help

[PeterJames]

Honeywell is available in Europe, well its quite popular here in the UK, but it will be a higher specification than the US version. If I recall correctly US do not have tamper circuits, they dont have external sounders in favour of a board in the garden, so the panel may not even have external sounder outputs

[james.wilson]

it should be fine just check the wireless freq used is permitted in your country

[WDT]

5 hours ago, PeterJames said:

Honeywell is available in Europe, well its quite popular here in the UK, but it will be a higher specification than the US version. If I recall correctly US do not have tamper circuits, they dont have external sounders in favour of a board in the garden, so the panel may not even have external sounder outputs

I noticed the usa have no external sounders

[Gabs]

7 minutes ago, WDT said:

I noticed the usa have no external sounders

It is strange, I noticed that there is no tamper circuit on the alarms over there

[PeterJames]

Yep you can link out all the zones on your hotel apartment alarm come back the following week and burgle the new occupants  

[jammin31]

I thought tampers were not important because people just deal with getting around alarms by shooting the residents ?

[PeterJames]

27 minutes ago, jammin31 said:

I thought tampers were not important because people just deal with getting around alarms by shooting the residents ?

There are a few co's in the UK that think tampers are not important, and we have much stricter rules regards guns and baseball bats

 

[jammin31]

Thats why i hate politics

[Steven Wei]

you'd better consult your local alarm installers on these questions if you are going to use a strange alarm panel coz you may encounter unexpected problems on the new alarm panel you never had contact, sometimes a tiny problem could get you stuck and stop you from operating further coz different alarm panel from different brands are designed to be operated in very different way.