Category Archives: Home Security

How Can You See The Smart, Safe Home System In Operation?


The Burns & McBride Smart, Safe Home system can do all sorts of things but at its core it provides affordable home security,  pays for the monthly monitoring cost with energy savings while not requiring any long term contracts.

We believe that the best way to understand how this system works is to spend 30 minutes actually using the system.

We’ve put together a demonstration kit that we can bring to anyone’s home. In 30 minutes, you’ll learn how the system can provide dependable home security for burglary, fire and carbon monoxide and also open and close doors, turn lights on or off by actually using the system. We think you will be as impressed as we are. with how simple it is to use

Call us today at 302-656-5110 or visit our website at www.burnsandmcbride.com. We’ll be happy to visit at a time which is convenient for you

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Home Security 101 – Never Come Home to a Dark House!


No one likes to walk into a dark house.

With the Burns & McBride Smart, Safe Home system you don’t have to. Our system uses a technology called “Z-Wave” to control the lights in your home!

Z-Wave Wireless Lighting Control is easily included in your Smart, Safe Home system. Think of it as a system that allows you to use a hand-held remote to control overhead lighting, outdoor lighting, lamps, thermostats, and small appliances in your home! It looks like a normal on/off switch but it has been “smartened-up”. It includes a small radio which lets it use Z-Wave technology to be controlled by your Burns & McBride Go!Control.

Z-Wave is an exciting new technology for wireless home automation. Z-Wave was designed to allow various devices in your home to talk to one another regardless of the manufacturer, and to be controlled from devices like your Burns & McBride Go!Control or your Smartphone. No wires are needed. You control indoor lighting, outdoor lighting, appliances and more with this easy-to-install and customizable system.

Z-Wave Wireless Lighting Controls—like all lighting controls—promote energy savings by fine-tuning usage. Turn on only what you need, when and where you need it, all at the touch of a button.

Z-Wave-certified products are compatible across all brands and are designed to work properly alongside most wireless home computer networks.

By the way, no matter how many lights you decide to control, there is no change in your monthly monitored fee.

We can design your new Smart, Safe Home system to turn on a light when you disarm the system.That way when you’re standing on the driveway and opening the back door, the lights are on and you are not walking into a dark house!

For more information on this exciting technology, call us at 302-656-5110 or visit our website at http://www.burnsandmbride.com.

Product Details:The Z-Wave Wireless Lighting Control On/Off Switch enables wireless control of on/off functions of hard-wired incandescent, LED, xenon, halogen and fluorescent lighting. The on/off switch replaces your current light switch, uses your existing wiring and provides Z-Wave wireless and in-wall control of overhead lighting. The contemporary switch includes a blue LED indicator light to easily locate the switch in a dark room. It features a gloss white finish that matches modern wall plates.Features:

  • Wirelessly control on/off functions of overhead lighting
  • Provides Z-Wave wireless and manual control
  • LED indicator light allows easy location of switch in dark room
  • Requires in-wall installation with hard-wired connections
  • Easily connects using existing wires
  • Capable of controlling compact fluorescent lighting

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Kwikset Locks Gives Smart, Safe Home Customers Remote Access and Better Security


Burns & McBride’s acclaimed Smart, Safe Home system combined with the electronic lock know-how of Kwikset offers customers a hard to beat package of services combining the best of residential technology and security.

Burns & McBride is a leader in providing affordable home automation and security to Delaware Valley homeowners. Now they’ve improved the product even more by adding Kwikset’s leading edge Smart Code Signature series lock with wireless Home Connect technology to its home automation offerings.

Through this partnership homeowners can monitor their door from any web-enabled mobil device or internet connection, even if they’re on a business trip or vacation 5,000 miles from home. Additionally, teamed with Burns & McBride Smart, Safe Home system, Kwikset’s Home Connect enabled locks can wirelessly communicate with other “smart devices” in the home such as lights, thermostats, smoke detectors or the burglar alarm.

For a local family with several young children, being able to combine Burns & McBride’s system with the best in electronic door locks meant convenience and peace of mind. They tell us that accessing their home’s system is easy – a task quickly done on their smartphone:

My mother in law stays with our family. If we aren’t home when she arrives, we use the Burns & McBride mobil phone app to turn the lights on, turn the alarm off and unlock the doors. The convenience and simplicity of the technology is amazing.

The SmartCode lock with Home Connect features a unique, patented technology with the first one-touch locking motorized deadbolt on the market.

  • Ability to override an electronic code with a traditional key
  • SmartKey re-key technology, allowing homeowners to re-key their lok in seconds and negating the need to call the installer if the keys are lost
  • Kwikset’s patented BumpGuard, which protects homeowners against “lock-bumping” a technique commonly used by burglars during break-ins

Burns & McBride’s Smart, Safe Home system connects the door locks with other security, convenience and energy management features through Z-Wave wireless technology.

For more information on the Smart, Safe Home system or Kwikset locks call us at 302-656-5110 or visit our website at http://www.burnsandmcbride.com

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Top 2012 Trend: Low-Cost, Self Contained Home Automation.Security Systems


A recent article in CE-Pro magazine identified the top trend in home security systems to be Low Cost, Self Contained Home Automation/Security systems like the ones installed by Burns & McBride as part of their Safe, Smart Home System.

CE Pro magazine is the leading trade publication for professionals involved in the custom electronics business. Their readers specify and sell technology-related products to homeowners, homebuilders and SMB (small/medium business) owners. CE Pro is the only trade magazine that covers the gamut of electronic systems.

Burns & McBride has been providing critical services to Delaware homeowners since 1949. Our unique Safe, Smart Home system combines the benefits of 24/7 home security with energy savings to help pay for it.

Call us today at 302-656-5110 or visit our website at http://www.burnsandmcbride.com for more information. We can arrange a brief demonstration of the system so you can decide for yourself if it would be of value to you and your family.

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