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Issues with our Accenta 8 burglar alarm. Power cut a couple of weeks ago set the unset external alarm off. Entering the code to the remote keypad silenced it, but the keypad was then disabled and the tamper light was lit. Researched loads of forums like this one and it seemed a good first step would be a new backup battery. This should stop the external alarm in a power cut when not set.
Bought a new Yuasa 2.1Ah battery and fitted it in the panel box. Bingo! Tamper light immediately went out and the RKP was enabled. Could set and unset the alarm from our user code just as before.
But then, a few days later, the soft internal alarm went off in the middle of the night. The alarm was not set and entering the user code stopped the ringing. However it was back in tamper mode and the keypad became disabled. In daylight I checked the new battery. Only showing 3V rather than the 12V I expected. Charged the battery up (now showing 12V) and put it back in. Checked the fuses in the board and all three were showing connectivity. Tamper light went out, RKP was re-enabled and user could would set/unset the alarm as before.
Next day, guess what? Exactly the same again! Internal alarm goes off, tamper light on, rkp disabled, battery showing 3v, rectified by recharging.
That evening we popped out for a couple of hours so set the alarm. As we came back in, the usual warning beeps sounded but then the full external bell started. Entering the code quietened everything down. RKP was showing Zone 3 (our lounge) but there was of course no break-in.
Pressed Reset to clear Zone 3 and the good old Tamper light re-appeared!
Charged the battery again, and once again everything seemed back to normal. I had no confidence this would last though. Sure enough, only a few hours the soft internal alarm rang again and the tamper light was on.
There's obviously something wrong here. Charging the battery daily is not a viable situation. Had a closer look at the circuit board and was concerned by some darkening (hoping not to use the word scorching!) in the top right of the attached photo. Should I be worried by this?
We moved in three years ago (previous owner deceased). We have the user code obviously but not the engineer's code or installer details.
Really hope someone on here can give me some pointers.
Thanks for reading this far.
Ian
Issues with our Accenta 8 burglar alarm. Power cut a couple of weeks ago set the unset external alarm off. Entering the code to the remote keypad silenced it, but the keypad was then disabled and the tamper light was lit. Researched loads of forums like this one and it seemed a good first step would be a new backup battery. This should stop the external alarm in a power cut when not set.
Bought a new Yuasa 2.1Ah battery and fitted it in the panel box. Bingo! Tamper light immediately went out and the RKP was enabled. Could set and unset the alarm from our user code just as before.
But then, a few days later, the soft internal alarm went off in the middle of the night. The alarm was not set and entering the user code stopped the ringing. However it was back in tamper mode and the keypad became disabled. In daylight I checked the new battery. Only showing 3V rather than the 12V I expected. Charged the battery up (now showing 12V) and put it back in. Checked the fuses in the board and all three were showing connectivity. Tamper light went out, RKP was re-enabled and user could would set/unset the alarm as before.
Next day, guess what? Exactly the same again! Internal alarm goes off, tamper light on, rkp disabled, battery showing 3v, rectified by recharging.
That evening we popped out for a couple of hours so set the alarm. As we came back in, the usual warning beeps sounded but then the full external bell started. Entering the code quietened everything down. RKP was showing Zone 3 (our lounge) but there was of course no break-in.
Pressed Reset to clear Zone 3 and the good old Tamper light re-appeared!
Charged the battery again, and once again everything seemed back to normal. I had no confidence this would last though. Sure enough, only a few hours the soft internal alarm rang again and the tamper light was on.
There's obviously something wrong here. Charging the battery daily is not a viable situation. Had a closer look at the circuit board and was concerned by some darkening (hoping not to use the word scorching!) in the top right of the attached photo. Should I be worried by this?
We moved in three years ago (previous owner deceased). We have the user code obviously but not the engineer's code or installer details.
Really hope someone on here can give me some pointers.
Thanks for reading this far.
Ian