Recent content by Mallinky

Excellent! Many thanks once again.

Sounds good. Thanks for all your help. Good stuff! Now to find a trusty professional. Any recommended specialist websites?...or is it a case of Checkatrade etc?

Cats for now but possibly a dog sometime. Yes, one PIR is at bottom of stairs and catches anything in hallway..or going up/down stairs. Another is on the landing at top of stairs. The PIR would need to be clever enough to ignore certain body masses, even if they came in range - on chairs...

Thanks guys. I'll probably get a professional in for that. For my info, what PIR would you recommend? A pet friendly one, would be good (that's why we stopped using it for a while). What would be a reasonable ballpark cost for replacing 4 PIRs (Reading, Berkshire area). (I appreciate, with...

I've reconfigured this old Scantronics 9800 system following a system reset, having been unused for a few years. On a walk test - 3 of the PIRs illuminate OK ... but they don't set off the sounder. These 3 circuits are setup as AL (normal alarm). The 4th PIR works fine - this is setup as an...

Haha.... Yes indeed, it does get kinda warm. However previous batteries have lasted 4-5 years with similar number of towels. Point taken though. 80% of airing cupboard contents hasn't been used since the 9800 was state-of-the-art!

Good suggestion, thanks. Battery life has been getting worse over the years.

Thanks Handymanjo. Maybe I'll replace the battery every 23 months!

Is there a way to make the battery fault condition less dramatic (i.e. not sound the internal sounder!) e.g. Do the Fault Response commands (31/32) manage this? If I was to set them to NoAlarm/Silent? OK... it's only every couple of years, but the battery always seems to fail in the middle of...