Recent content by jonestom

Correction to my last post, "I Blew the Bell/Strobe fuse" not the battery one. Cheers all

Just an update as I persevered trying to resolve my problem on my own using the various comments people had made on this site, to help me with the fault finding. After a couple of blown panel fuses and a lot of frustration, I eventually added each zone one at a time, then added the PA wires...

I linked out the whole board, booted the board up just on the battery, the alarm set ok after the 20sec exit time. I put the mains power to the board and checked the voltage, it was fine between 13vdc and 14vdc. I connected the 2 power wires to the detector these were the 2 wires to +-...

Sorry for asking more questions, but before I go ahead with the fault finding, I need to be clear in my head what you're telling me to do (otherwise I'll end up with another rollicking) I don't understand what you mean by 'add power to the detector only' My understanding so far is...

Sorry if i'm frustrating you, I'm not an alarm expert you know, I'm just a guy who fitted his own alarm several years ago who doesn't have any experience other than that. When you gave me instructions on what to do, I didn't want to keep asking you to put some meat on the bones giving me a blow...

Thanks for the help everyone, this is my latest update. 1) I stripped all the wires from the board linking everything out. 2) I then connected zone 1 to all the relevant points. 3) Connected the battery with the front panel off. This immediately triggered the alarm, I input my code and the...

Update on the Alarm saga. I decided to buy a new battery, put my test meter across the terminals and didn't get a reading, did the same on my old battery, no reading, turns out my old faithful multimeter had given up the ghost. Got my new meter out, tested both batteries, both reading over...

It's ok fella's i'm keeping an eye on the comments before I do take the plunge with a battery replacement, don't know how I'm gonna check the charging circuit though. I took the battery off and only had 7.5v across the terminals and it's a 12v battery so that's indicating that either the...

Thanks alarm, so it sounds like my next step is a new battery. I'll purchase one and give it a try, at least it rules out something else.

Hi all, I checked the fuses inside the control unit and they're ok. I also disconnected the bell wire repair, isolating the bell from the system, also ensuring that no bare wires could contact any others. Everything is still the same, all 4 zones light up when I put the code in and I get...

Thanks for that Alumina, I took your 1st replay about the battery the wrong way, my daft logic. I'm hoping the fuse will be the problem as the bell wire repair would be a right chew on to pull to bits as I put it together for ever.

Thanks Sparymarka, that sounds like a good place to start, so this fus is the one inside the control unit? I remember changing that one before a few years ago.

Thanks for the replies I didn't think it would be the battery because my logic was that the mains power would still allow me to set the alarm and When my original battery failed I didn't have any problem setting the alarm, so just dismissed that as a cause. However as a couple of you think it...

I have an Optima XM 4 zone alarm, during some renovation work, the cable to the outside bell was accidently cut, I joined it back up and the alarm has been fine since then. Yesterday my wife tried to switch the alarm off after returning to the house, she didn't get the code in, in time and...

No FAQ's doesn't mention checking for water level in the tank, maybe it's asssumed that if the reader is competent enough to tackle blockages and or fit a by-pass hose, then they'd have the nous to check the tank level......but you never know :wink: