Texecom Premier 24 - Just moved in..... Help!

Hello everyone

I'm new to this forum and an alarm newbie!!

I moved into my house a few months back and it has a Texecom Premier 24 alarm system, apparently installed by the previous owner. He has left engineer codes and manuals etc.

Anyway, the house is being ripped apart for new kitchen and bathroom etc and the builder has just turned the power off. The outside sounder is going off and the control panel has shut down. I'm guessing the that the battery needs replacing and I have no clue where to start.

Ideally, I'd like a recommendation for a local security company to come in and give the system a service as I'm not particularly techie.

I'm in the Reading, Berks area, so if anyone knows a company I can call out, i would appreciate any info.

I could have a go myself at changing the battery as I'm reasonably good at DIY, just not techie stuff! Any pointers on what battery I should order and where from?

Many thanks for helping me out and hopefully prevent my builder from going insane!

Cheers
Onxtc

Get a 7amp hour from Maplins.

Definitely the battery as joe-90 says. Just make sure you fit a 12 Volt one!
Ideally you need to get into Engineer mode before you open up the panel, or you'll get a tamper alarm. Otherwise, just swap red and black leads across to new battery and jobs a good un!

Use this one, 12 vdc 7ah

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=27088&OrderCode=MG47B

Bit expensive, but i do buy mine trade

hopefully its the battery, something similar hapened to me when i had a power cut, and i don't think the battery had been changed for years, worth a try