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The energizer is the one part with a fixed price, from KES 19,000 in our shop. The per-metre figure depends on your wall, and a quote that skips the survey is guessing.
"How much is an electric fence per metre?" is one of the most searched fence questions in Kenya, and it is the one a responsible installer cannot...
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A four-camera IP system from our shop comes to about KES 44,000 installed, VAT included, before cable. Here is every line of that figure, and what moves it.
The question we are asked most about CCTV is the price, and the honest answer is a range with a method behind it.
Read morePerimeter length is the number everyone asks for and the one that explains the least about what a fence will cost.
The first question we are asked about an electric fence is how much it costs per metre.
Read moreThe energiser is the cheap part. What makes a fence legal is who installed it and what they signed afterwards.
Most people budget for an electric fence the way they budget for a gate: a price for the hardware and a price for putting it up.
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Retention is the specification most people guess at, and the one they discover was wrong on the day they need the footage.
Almost every CCTV enquiry specifies the number of cameras and the resolution.
Read moreA perimeter fence is a safety installation as much as a security one. The questions worth asking are the ones about liability.
An electric fence is one of the few security products that can injure someone.
Read moreThe resolution argument is largely settled. What still decides the question is what is already in your walls.
CCTV proposals still tend to be framed as a choice between IP and analogue, usually with IP presented as modern and analogue as what you settle for.
Read moreMost CCTV systems that disappoint were designed by counting cameras. The ones that work were designed by deciding what each camera has to prove.
The most common complaint about a CCTV system is not that it failed to record.
Read moreSend us the building, the distances and the problem you are solving. We will come back with a survey date and an honest view of what it takes.
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