Alarms

[laurieash]

Hi all having a problem with my alarm it goes of a lot at least once a week if its set or not more if its set normaly when we are not around.
we do have mini power cuts during the day for a few seconds, but other alarms in my street dont go off,any suggestions?
the make of alarm is a Veritas and it has a little box on top of the big box that has SD1+ does this help?
Laurie.[/b]

 

[breezer]

more info.

when does it go off

what shows on the panel

what happens after / during a "mini powercut"

How old is thje standby battery

(The SD1 is a speach dialer, it is supposed to phone you when the alarm goes off)

 

[laurieash]

more info.

when does it go off

what shows on the panel

what happens after / during a "mini powercut"

How old is thje standby battery

(The SD1 is a speach dialer, it is supposed to phone you when the alarm goes off)

mini power cut it goes for about 20 mins,then stops resets.
dont know how old the battery is as we moved in to the house 4 years ago
and was allready fitted.

some times it will not turn off until power comes back on. its sounded for twenty mins if the power has been off

 

[breezer]

standby battery has had it, needs a new one. try maplin

 

[Lectrician]

Any wholesaler should stock the batts - you want a 12v 7Ah ideally. Be prepared for the alarm to sound when you open the cover on the end station.

 

[Lectrician]

Actually, I am assuming you are talking about the Veritas R8. You could have the straight 8 which still uses a 7Ah, or you could have the compace which takes a small battery - a 2Ah from memory, although best to check with the one thats in the panel.

 

[laurieash]

Hi thanks to you all for your infromation will try a new Battery, and let you know how i have gone on.
Laurie.

 

[alphaalarms]

hi!
have you looked at the glass fuse on the pcb? is it blown? does the alarm sound straight the way when the system has a power cut?

if it does i would say its the fuse! but you will need a new battery asap!

is the battery hot? or is its flat? as the cells ballon when really old

 

[laurieash]

hi!
have you looked at the glass fuse on the pcb? is it blown? does the alarm sound straight the way when the system has a power cut?

if it does i would say its the fuse! but you will need a new battery asap!

is the battery hot? or is its flat? as the cells ballon when really old

put a new battery on the old one was 8 years old but it was not hot or flat,not had a power cut as yet so i will have to flick the poweroff to see what happens.

 

[breezer]

new battery on, the old one was 8 years old but it was not hot or flat

dont tell me, sort of oblong ish and cold

8 years old, thats far too old. dont forget to write the date on this new one

 

[laurieash]

nice bit of poetry

 

[breezer]

its not poetry, its humour and advice