Hi All,
Hope you are well. Recently moved into a house which has an existing alarm that seems to be old but does the job. I had the carpets changed today and the carpet fitted accidentally cut through one of the cables under the carpet which set off the tamp alarm. The alert "Alarm in progress" came on the panel and after entering the code it turned off.
The carpet fitter tried to splice the wire back together and it did nothing. I took the panel off (which set the alarm for the lid tamper lol) and had a look at the board. It looks like one of the small slow blow fuses had gone so i did a test bridge to see if this was the main fault. The motion sensors began to work again but the one sensor in the living room does not light up (red or amber) as i went through the whole house checking them. When i activate the alarm, it registers a fault as an "intruder in the living room" even though no one is in there.
I removed the face of the motion sensor and the alarm goes off for tamper which tells me that there is power to that sensor or is somewhat working. I checked the cut cable and pulled the red cable which i assumed is power and it deactivated the hallway sensor (all the others work still), reconnect the red and the hall way sensor works again. So the wire that was cut must have been the hallway sensor and not the living room yet im not sure why the living room is not working???
I have ordered some slow blow fuses to replace the blown one, and not sure if i should replace the motion sensor (are all 12v pir sensors the same?) Anyway to test the sensor to see if something has blown?
I remember when i inquired with ADT for additional sensors around the house and they tried to upsell me a new system so im reluctant to call them. Just would like my house protected again! there is a number on the front panel which i will try tomorrow.
All help appreciated.
Many thanks
Hope you are well. Recently moved into a house which has an existing alarm that seems to be old but does the job. I had the carpets changed today and the carpet fitted accidentally cut through one of the cables under the carpet which set off the tamp alarm. The alert "Alarm in progress" came on the panel and after entering the code it turned off.
The carpet fitter tried to splice the wire back together and it did nothing. I took the panel off (which set the alarm for the lid tamper lol) and had a look at the board. It looks like one of the small slow blow fuses had gone so i did a test bridge to see if this was the main fault. The motion sensors began to work again but the one sensor in the living room does not light up (red or amber) as i went through the whole house checking them. When i activate the alarm, it registers a fault as an "intruder in the living room" even though no one is in there.
I removed the face of the motion sensor and the alarm goes off for tamper which tells me that there is power to that sensor or is somewhat working. I checked the cut cable and pulled the red cable which i assumed is power and it deactivated the hallway sensor (all the others work still), reconnect the red and the hall way sensor works again. So the wire that was cut must have been the hallway sensor and not the living room yet im not sure why the living room is not working???
I have ordered some slow blow fuses to replace the blown one, and not sure if i should replace the motion sensor (are all 12v pir sensors the same?) Anyway to test the sensor to see if something has blown?
I remember when i inquired with ADT for additional sensors around the house and they tried to upsell me a new system so im reluctant to call them. Just would like my house protected again! there is a number on the front panel which i will try tomorrow.
All help appreciated.
Many thanks