Ive just moved into a new unit and there is an ADT Galaxy 16 CP171 installed. I don't know anything about alarms. Ive never had one at home or work.
As I understand, this alarm is one that calls the police if it goes off (or something to that effect) Ive been told by someone that ADT charge around £30 a month for the alarm to work. At the moment there is an RCD trip for the alarm which is flicked to "off" and BT are connecting my line on Thursday. I don't want to flick the trip to "on" because i'm worried the alarm will sound and i'll end up having to pay an emergency callout charge for non subscribers!
Given that I live a 5min walk from the unit, if it were to ever go off id probably hear the thing before the message has been sent down the phoneline!
So my question is.... can I get the alarm to work without subscribing with ADT and if possible can I get it to work without getting them to mess with it because im sure it'll cost £100 or something!
Like I say, I live close to my unit so I could probably just make one using any old siren and the reid switches that are already installed. As there is a system installed already I might as well try and get it going.
Many Thanks for any replies.
As I understand, this alarm is one that calls the police if it goes off (or something to that effect) Ive been told by someone that ADT charge around £30 a month for the alarm to work. At the moment there is an RCD trip for the alarm which is flicked to "off" and BT are connecting my line on Thursday. I don't want to flick the trip to "on" because i'm worried the alarm will sound and i'll end up having to pay an emergency callout charge for non subscribers!
Given that I live a 5min walk from the unit, if it were to ever go off id probably hear the thing before the message has been sent down the phoneline!
So my question is.... can I get the alarm to work without subscribing with ADT and if possible can I get it to work without getting them to mess with it because im sure it'll cost £100 or something!
Like I say, I live close to my unit so I could probably just make one using any old siren and the reid switches that are already installed. As there is a system installed already I might as well try and get it going.
Many Thanks for any replies.