Hi folks,
Im currently getting the outside of my house painted and as a result have begun to think about replacing the existing alarm bell box that is on the side of my house.
It is almost falling off and has created a rusty streak down the wall as it is almost completely falling apart. It most certainly doesnt work anymore although it did a few years back so Im hopeful that the wiring is good and its just the box that is dead.
So my question is,
Are these boxes designed to some standard by which I can expect to be able to replace the existing lump of rust with a new shiny box and hope that the wiring will match up fairly well.
I assume there will be some form of power supplied to the box which will, I guess, contain a rectifier to charge a battery with DC and some form of control wiring to provide an alarm signal. Is this a fair assumption.
Im fine with electricals but am conscious that there is no obvious on off switch to isolate the alarm box and Im guessing itll have mains voltage fed to it somewhere.
Any advice gratefully received.
thanks,
Paula
Im currently getting the outside of my house painted and as a result have begun to think about replacing the existing alarm bell box that is on the side of my house.
It is almost falling off and has created a rusty streak down the wall as it is almost completely falling apart. It most certainly doesnt work anymore although it did a few years back so Im hopeful that the wiring is good and its just the box that is dead.
So my question is,
Are these boxes designed to some standard by which I can expect to be able to replace the existing lump of rust with a new shiny box and hope that the wiring will match up fairly well.
I assume there will be some form of power supplied to the box which will, I guess, contain a rectifier to charge a battery with DC and some form of control wiring to provide an alarm signal. Is this a fair assumption.
Im fine with electricals but am conscious that there is no obvious on off switch to isolate the alarm box and Im guessing itll have mains voltage fed to it somewhere.
Any advice gratefully received.
thanks,
Paula