Texecom elite power supply

Hi,

I have now got my panel upgraded to 3.02 and was checking through the rest of the setup, and realised that the panel info on the ios app is showing between 650 and 850mamps and flashing yellow. Downloading the ENCalculator it does appear that I am at the limit of the power on the panel.

I have 2 LCDLP keypads, odyssey bell, soundbomb, Ricochet expander and comip with 9 PIRs (mix of petwise and quad) and the Texecom external PIR.

Whats the best option here? Should I install another supply? I have seen Elmdene do some, but I wont be able to fit it next to the panel, will be in the next cupboard.

but then does that mean I need to run a power cable between the new boxed supply to the alarm panel and connect that up to the various devices. ie a PIR has 2 cores connected to the panel zone connections and 2 to the external power supply? That will make my somewhat neat install a mess!


Also the Aux 12v fuse is flashing intermittently on the diagnostics screen in wintex.

Cheers

" Should I install another supply?"

Most definitely

Haha... thanks. Guess that says it all. Actually I think it was running at the higher current when it was recharging the battery after having mains off for a while whilst I was doing the upgrade and a few other changes. It seems to be stable now at 0.54A which I think should be ok, even with the bell sounding?
So less immediate pressure on it but one to look at soon. Whats the best practise for using one? Just run a cable between the 2 boxes that will carry the 12vdc and I then connect the power cables for a selection of devices to that cable?

going to say that doesn't sound a lot, but you have to remember the load in alarm is probably more important.

When in alarm the current is exceeded then you may find things failing at the time you need it most.

What you should have at quiescent mode is different to what you should have at full alarm to get warnings on power, because the alarm mode bell sounding isn't going to be long lived if that makes any sense.

Not used the EN calculator for a long time but I sure it advised on values for alarm aswell, might have to have a look.

How are you adding the additional power? ensure common negatives are in place.

ie full power from the dc supply to a unit is fine, but if the unit is being triggered from a device on a separate DC supply then you will need a common negative.

so an 200XP power supply for example will power an expander and have back up battery and use a fly lead, but when you connect that to the panels network then you would wire the neg T and r back and not the positive, as the power us coming from the psu 200 and not the panel

what panel do you have and what size battery and what do you have the battery charging set to, you have exactly got a lot on there, and is it the 2 or 4 soundbomb version as theres a difference in power when active.

Just doesn't sound like you have aa lot on the system to be honest, the odssey bell has probably the single biggest draw in alarm over all the other components, unless you have a 17Ah battery and have set the charging to .75A instead of .3A

Thanks... I think it was definitely an issue with charging... I will have to wait until I can get to the panel and open it up when the noise wont wake someone to check the charging rate.

I have the 24 with a 17Ah battery.

Yes the EN calc shows alarm power as well. I have the 4 soundbomb version.

17Ah battery so you have a metal 24 then. to be fair I always start with a 48, unless customer insists or they already have one.

Yes, knowing what I know now, I would have started with a 48.