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I wanted to do some alterations at my daughters house which involved moving a couple of PIR’s, her system was over 10 years old, I contacted the alarm company who said for security reasons (all the alarms on the estate had the same engineers code) they couldn’t tell me what it was. But they...

Generally the panel battery isn’t supplied with the panel, the battery should be sized according to the number of powered detectors etc. typically would be anything in the range of 1.2 - 7.0 Ah.

As Terry says, make sure you you use a pipe insert, some valves have “pushfit” a connection, if using compression type then it’s recommended to use a copper olive and definitely no jointing compound on plastic pipes.

I always have a box of Dyrline Pro fixings handy, been using them for years now, never let me down

Have you tried the default engineer code, just in case he hasn’t changed it, highly unlikely but worth a try.

Providing the existing standpipe is a standard size, a HepVo valve fitted vertically would do the job.

Global tamper should be connected as attached drawing from Texecom manual, use either a connector block or gel connectors. It should be one continuous loop so that a break anywhere will trigger an open circuit tamper alarm.

Not sure what sounder you have but the Texecom Odyssey sounders have a “Hold Off” feature, I think the left LED only flashing indicates “Hold Off Active, Tamper Circuit Open”

Well, if some little Chinese guy or girl wants to watch me washing the car on a Sunday or watch my wife pruning the roses they are more than welcome to, not terribly exciting viewing. As far as government buildings / facilities etc it could be a genuine concern but surely access could be...

Swann doesn’t have the best of reputations for longevity, have a look at Hikvision

Thank you, but mowing the lawn is the extent of my horticultural skills, the rest is down to my good lady

As secureiam says, good quality cables and connections are important along with power supply (for cameras). I would suggest using cat5e or cat6 cable and quality RJ45 baluns, if using a DVR and Analogue cameras, this way you are future proofing the cables if you change to a NVR / IP cameras in...

I’ve installed a number of systems for family members and friends over the past 5 years or so, and have used Hikvision and would highly recommend it. It’s a professional brand and offer excellent choice of quality products, I’ve got their 5mp ColorVu cameras that give excellent video both day...

What’s the distance between the two buildings

If you enter the engineer code (default 1234) then press “PROG” this will put in into “Programming” mode, you can then either re-program the panel or remove the panel or PIR covers without activating the tamper circuit. When finished you can put the cover back and press “RESET”