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    Veritas 8 Tamper Light comming on although alarm is not set

    for the past 4 years i have serviced on average 1500 systems per year (95% R8s ) for a big local company. shorted/dead/duff/buggered battery, call it what you want, it will indicate by the unset light flashing first (very very short some times) then once the battery drags the voltage below 9v...
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    Interesting or strange places you have worked

    one firm i worked for... used to drive to a meeting point, get into a helicopter fly to the jobs. can say no more.
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    Astra Diesel Turbo 80,000 miles.

    now here is a long shot... when i was down at the local motor factors the other day, i saw a chap pay out £40 for a "bottle of fluid" made solely to put in your radiator to fix blow head gaskets at early stages :roll: normally id laugh and say what a load of balls, but then though what if...
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    Veritas 8 Tamper Light comming on although alarm is not set

    also as long as your panel is r8/r8+ if it is a compact 8 ( c8 ) then the only suitable would be 2.1ah. omi.
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    Veritas 8 Tamper Light comming on although alarm is not set

    when you take the lid off the internal sounder will go, pump in your code to silence the system. date & swop the battery. replace lid & press reset. now that il be £47.00+vat please :lol:
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    FORD FIESTA CENTRAL LOCKING

    temporary fix, remove the door card on the drivers door and unplug the the central locking plug from the mechanism. then just lock all doors manually. worked on my bros ford mondeo untill the parts were ordered.
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    Mobile down cavity

    i had the same problem with a stud wall :oops: ended up measureing the distance cutting a hole, fitting a double plank plate... all worked out well :D
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    Veritas 8 Tamper Light comming on although alarm is not set

    if the back up battery has not been changed in the past 4-5 years then replace it, if the problem still persists then link out the bell tamper in side the main control panel... and try that for a few days BUT DONT forget about it, if the problem goes away with a link in then a new bell box is...
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    gsm / wirefree auto dialler.

    £276 :shock: is this the normal going rate for a sd3 ? il pop a little mark-up on it and a fitting fee & see what the customer says first.
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    Motivation tablets

    sorry johnboy didnt mean it the way it sounded. lazy wasnt the word to describe the feelin, but it is hard to get started into the home maintenance jobs at this time of year.
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    Motivation tablets

    i know just how you feel ! i was a lazy bugger until i went self-employed, now i do any thing to save a few pounds around the house now that money is tight, new skills include joinery, building, decorating, electrical, plumbing, mechanical... and the list goes on, if you don't have the money...
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    gsm / wirefree auto dialler.

    were can i buy a sd3 online ?
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    gsm / wirefree auto dialler.

    hi all, i have not used any of the gsm based auto-diallers yet, but a customer has workshop with no phone line, and would like a dialler fitted on the system i have already installed. can some body point me in the dierection of a good reliable easy programmed gsm auto dialler, and what kind...
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    woman on site

    an electrical company near me has 2 girls with over half there apprenticeship served, i asked a fella that works with them, what are they like to work ? he said... easy on the eye and no bother tracking walls :lol:
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    was tv worth watching

    yes some of the old stuff was nice but... money for old rope. & some of the new comedy has been great ! but... i just cant get into all this dancing on ice & cooking stuff. dont know about the rest of ye all. but i cant get digi yet, so its still the old 4 channels. :cry:
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    self-employment rates ?

    sounds good ! the last thing i want to do is the in trouble with the taxman. nobody can predict the future but this is a solid company and id say a second year contract would be highly likely. i took a head stagger 2 months ago and left my old company of near ten years to do my own thing, but...
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    self-employment rates ?

    i will be using there van & tools from 9-5pm Monday to Friday. but i will also be using my own van+diesel+tools+phone+shock quite a bit out of hours, thanks for the link saxondale IL have a wee look around.
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    self-employment rates ?

    i see, might have to knock that idea on the head then. if will get me in trouble, i have other work in the pipe line from private customers the company work was just to keep a steady income, as things have slowed up in this area big time.
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    self-employment rates ?

    help again please :oops: . i will be going self-employed and working for an alarm company 40 hours a week in the new year. i have worked for this company before and i was getting something like £410ish not sure, but it defnetly was £320 home per week. so now i need to know what to ask per...
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    what to do ???

    today i called the old boss and asked him to take me on as self-employed and he accepted :D he said he would have a look to see what way he could best finance it. so now i need to know how much i need to ask per hour, day, week... etc he also said maybe about getting paid by the job ...
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