When I was younger, we didn’t lock our doors let alone have a security system. Of course, the need for home security systems is much greater in today’s world. It wasn’t until sometime last summer when I first experienced anything to do with a security system and I thought the set up was really interesting but couldn’t quite figure out how it worked. I always pictured alarm systems working something like how they show it in the commercials – with electronic data streaming through the walls. After some research, I realized it wasn’t anything like this at all and is really a lot simpler once you understand how home security systems work.