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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”

try replacing the 12v battery in the panel, a failing battery can cause all sorts of problems. If you know the engineers code, this will disable the tamper when you take the cover off

Secondary circuit must be run in copper, you shouldn’t use plastic pipes

As already quoted, the boiler manufacturers installation instructions will normally state if the initial connections to the boiler should be in copper and if so, the minimum length.

Had to check the date and it’s not April 1st

Should be changed every 4/5 years or when any issues show up. A failing battery can show up in a number of different ways.

When was the last time the backup battery was replaced, a failing battery can throw up all sorts of problems.

Yes, 20mm MDPE to 15mm copper and 25mm MDPE to 22mm copper are both available in brass compression fittings

It’s MDPE pipe and not PEX, various types of adapters are available, most plumbing merchants will be able to help.

It’s very easy to short out the cable when disconnecting / reconnecting a PIR sensor if you haven’t removed the power first. At least the fuse did it’s job. Glad you’ve got it sorted.

No it will be on the main PCB in the panel, you may possibly have blown the fuse when disconnecting / reconnecting the power connections to the sensor. The older panels had glass fuses that need replacing, depending on which model of panel you have it may look something like this. In the case...

If you are reusing the existing pipe ends with new fittings it’s worth noting that the old style fittings were “O” ring first and “Grab ring” second whereas the newer Hep2o fittings are “Grab ring” first and “O” ring second. This means the “O” ring will sit where the grab ring had previously...

I looked into getting a Hikvision Video Doorbell to integrate with my Hikvision CCTV system, I’ve got a POE switch that can connect and power the doorbell, alerts etc can be set up to view on the hik-connect app, the only thing I’m struggling with is linking it to a internal chime

OK, update on the original post, 2 engineers returned to replace the 55” OLED panel, put it back together, turned on and the fault still existed. They said that when the screen failed it must have taken the power board with it, so they took the TV to their workshop, replaced the power board...

Ideally you want something with storage, be it a SD card or a HDD, you will still be able to view live on your phone / tablet but you will have a recording to refer to later if required.

I’m looking at various options to replace my Ring doorbell and perhaps make use of my existing Hikvision CCTV DVR. My DVR is a IDS-7204HUHI-M1/FA/A with 4 TVI ColorVu cameras connected, my understanding is that you can add a further 2 ip cameras. I was wondering if I could use a Hikvision...