{"id":214,"date":"2009-12-21T22:03:05","date_gmt":"2009-12-21T22:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backyardcitypools.wordpress.com\/?p=214"},"modified":"2009-12-21T22:03:05","modified_gmt":"2009-12-21T22:03:05","slug":"factors-to-look-for-when-purchasing-a-pool-alarm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backyardcitypools.com\/Swimming-Pool-Blog\/factors-to-look-for-when-purchasing-a-pool-alarm\/","title":{"rendered":"Factors to look for when purchasing a pool\u00a0alarm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While <a title=\"swimming pool alarms\" href=\"https:\/\/www.backyardcitypools.com\/Swimming-Pool-Alarms.htm\" target=\"_blank\">pool alarms<\/a> may come with many more features than are presented here, the following is a list of recommended features to look for when deciding on a pool alarm for your own backyard swimming pool:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Easy installation<\/li>\n<li>Tamper proof<\/li>\n<li>Includes a remote receiver with a range of up to 200 ft or more<\/li>\n<li>Low battery indicator on alarm and on receiver<\/li>\n<li>Recommended for the size and shape of your swimming pool<\/li>\n<li>Able to detect an object as small as a 1 year old child, approximately 18 pounds<\/li>\n<li>A loud and distinct alarm should sound within 20 seconds when a child simulator is dropped into the pool.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>After you decide which pool alarm you need, performing regular tests of the alarm&#8217;s effectiveness will ensure that your alarm continues to function properly over time.<\/p>\n<p>Finally and most importantly, no swimming pool alarm is totally infallible no matter how many technologies and features it has and no matter what claims are made by the manufacturer. <a title=\"pool alarms\" href=\"https:\/\/www.backyardcitypools.com\/Swimming-Pool-Alarms.htm\" target=\"_self\">Pool alarms<\/a> should be considered as one of many layers of protection in the effort to halt children from drowning, along with protective barriers, door alarms, and safety pool covers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While pool alarms may come with many more features than are presented here, the following is a list of recommended features to look for when deciding on a pool alarm for your own backyard swimming pool: Easy installation Tamper proof Includes a remote receiver with a range of up to 200 ft or more Low [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[10,12,1],"tags":[60,151,425,420,171],"class_list":["post-214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pool-and-spa-equipment","category-pool-and-spa-safety","category-uncategorized","tag-child-safety","tag-pool-alarm","tag-pool-alarms","tag-pool-and-spa-safety","tag-pool-covers"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2No25-3s","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backyardcitypools.com\/Swimming-Pool-Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backyardcitypools.com\/Swimming-Pool-Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backyardcitypools.com\/Swimming-Pool-Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backyardcitypools.com\/Swimming-Pool-Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backyardcitypools.com\/Swimming-Pool-Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.backyardcitypools.com\/Swimming-Pool-Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backyardcitypools.com\/Swimming-Pool-Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backyardcitypools.com\/Swimming-Pool-Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backyardcitypools.com\/Swimming-Pool-Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}