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Interesting, so possibility that constant charge load from old battery causing transformer burn-out, provides a plausible explanation for the neighbours problem. Glad I changed my battery... Anyway I will definitely get the consumer unit checked over then.

Recalling that my neighbour, in the 'other half' of the semi-detached, recently changed their alarm control box, I had chat with him. (same alarm was installed when house was built). Turns out they had to change it because the transformer was buzzing and they had batteries not charging. An...

Thanks both for the replies. socdesign - indeed it didn't trip any RCD or fuse, but power to many things definitely turned off and on again. Power was restored like 1/10 of a second later, difficult to notice except the lights flickered and the boiler power-cycled, as did my mains powered...

Have an (ex-ADT) Honeywell Galaxy 2-12 with CO12 'box'. It has been giving me "bat mis +0001" messages once every few days. I have read this means the internal 12V battery is on it's last legs. Went in engineer mode, I opened the box. Carefully avoiding pulling on other wires too much I...

If I can resurrect this one, please. I too have noticed this effect that when I use white gloss (particularly the liquid gloss) in a room that receives no natural light, it yellows within a few months. I have read this is due to lack of UV which stops it curing, so the pigments and the oil...

Thanks! I will investigate this.

I was imagining that the moisture would be removed in the same way as an inside wall mounted unit, by a drain pipe going outside. So you would have a single monoblock inverter driven air conditioner in the loft, with ducting both to ceilings and to outside via loft eave penetration, and also...

Dear forum I am looking into A/C for next summer, but struggling to find something, probably does not exist. I do not want an external unit, but I also want it to be quiet. I have found wall mounted monoblocks, including one that is DC inverter-driven, so has continuously adjusting power...

Just thought I'd reply as I think I have a definitive answer on this. A friend of mine is experienced with such things, and has advised that the ready mixed products like polyfiller contain PVC and this seems to make them difficult to sand and causes the paint to misbehave. I have been...

Hi I have a Galaxy G2-20 wireless system. You were all so helpful with the installation of new sensors 3 months ago, thank you. I have another question... Last night, something odd happened to my alarm. Came to set it in the morning, said fault. I typed in my code to look at the fault...

So, I've been messing around with trying to paint some repaired plaster wall, with mixed results and cracking paint. I think I have a working solution now after 2 weeks, touch wood, but was hoping to get some advise what I did wrong in terms of the painting prep. For your amusement, the...

Just want to thank you all for your help. I actually managed to find someone on ebay selling used IR800M sensors for a fiver each, so I bought a few spares too for when my other sensors pack in! Much better than spending £50 on a new one, which could well fail in a few years anyway judging by...

Thanks '9651', that's a bit different to what the other guy said, I'll try this tonight and let you know. No it doesn't say tamper, says closed. Just doesn't trigger. Red led when in tamper node. No red led though in normal operation even after it's had a nice sleep. Will try and...

Hi 'Alarm' Thanks for your help so far, much appreciated. Was trying to scan in the existing sensor, but tqo snagging points. You describe going to 52/zones, 'option 5', 'clear display', 'press * and #' then activate both tampers. I get to zones, select the zone, I then have 6 options...

Hi Okay I've done the test as advised. Zones listed as door 00/10, lounge 00/09, landing 00/10 and kitchen 00/10. What does that indicate, exactly? Should they all be the same? Kitchen is the one that doesn't detect me. Andy

Alarm, Oasis, Thank you for your replies. Just to elaborate then: Existing sensor always worked fine, until recently when it started triggering the alarm for no reason with false detections. Then a few days later it stopped doing this. Thought maybe problem was resolved but turns...

Hi I have an ADT branded Galaxy 2-12 wireless system. I was wondering if anyone has successfully installed a new PIR sensor to such a system? I had a problem with a PIR triggering for a while, then it stopped. Turned out it stopped because it is now dead. Replaced battery. No better...