Recent content by Blackredgold

I'm nervous the alarm will go off again if I fiddle around even more. It then cuts out after 20 mins but makes the dog crazy. I'm at the stage of getting the installer in - unless someone has an easy solution.

I use the spare fuse to replace the top fuse and nothing happened. I think when using the spare on the third the display on the control panel illuminated again, showing "PC", powercut (I cannot quite remember if I actually replaced the plastic cover on the fuse box after replacing fuses 1 and 2...

I noticed this tiny fuse was wedged into this clip. Surely it's only there as a a spare to be used elsewhere. Google lens tells me it's a 80OMA 20mm Glass Quick Fast Blow Fuse. Perhaps that's a clue what to do next.

Thanks again, I found the box. The 3 amp fuse in the white box next to it was not blown. Is there anywhere else in this wild tangle of wires where I could check, without making things worse?

Thanks sparkymarka for clarifying. I thought an alarm had an additional fuse but it turns out the panel seems to be linked just to my normal fuse box. As highlighted on the photo, the alarm is linked to the upstairs lights, which work fine. Would you have any other idea how to reactivate the...

Hi, I believe I blew the fuse on my alarm and need to change it in the control panel on the photo. Would someone know how to open it? I tried leveraging the narrow cover at the bottom with a screwdriver but it didn’t move. The alarm system was installed in 2000. Yesterday I replaced a faulty...