Home Alarm
| Home Alarm | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Electronics |
| Weight | 1 |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.HomeAlarm
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The Home Alarm is a home security alarm unit. Its use is as a source of parts. Taking it apart can give a Motion Sensor among other electronic parts.
It is the item form of a home alarm, separate from the burglar alarms already fitted in houses. It turns up mostly in electronics stores. The Electrician is the best occupation for electronics. It starts with the most Electrical skill. The Engineer also starts with some Electrical skill.
Using
Dismantle Electronic Item takes the alarm apart with a screwdriver. It always gives Scrap Electronics. The second part is one of an Amplifier, more Scrap Electronics, a Motion Sensor or a Receiver.
The same recipe also takes apart a CD Player, a TV Remote or a Speaker. Any of them can be broken down for the same set of parts.
Used in Crafting
These recipes take the Home Alarm as an ingredient or a part.
| Recipe | Output | Image | Station | Skill | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dismantle Electronic Item | Scrap Electronics | 
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- | Electrical: 0 | /additem Base.ElectronicsScrap
|
Locations
Electronics stores are by far the best place to look. Their counters, shelves and small boxes hold one about half the time. Pawn shop shelves turn one up now and then. Police evidence rooms, archives and storage rooms hold one rarely.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container. Each tab shows one kind of place.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Electronics store | Counter | 51% |
| Electronics store | Shelves | 51% |
| Electronics store | Small box | 51% |
| Pawn shop | Shelves | 5.1% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Evidence room | Other | 1.3% |
| Police archive | Metal shelves | 1.3% |
| Police gun storage | Metal shelves | 1.3% |
| Police storage | Metal shelves | 1.3% |
| Police gun storage | Other | 0.5% |
| Police storage | Other | 0.5% |
| Police SWAT room | Other | 0.5% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Survivor cache (large building) | Counter | 0.3% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Living room | Counter | 0.3% |
| Kitchen | Counter | 0.1% |
Notes
- A screwdriver is all it takes to dismantle the alarm.
- Electronics stores are the one reliable place to find it.
- The alarms built into houses are a different thing from this item.
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