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Hi. Just wondered if this is a normal practice -
I had to help my elderly neighbour the other night when her house alarm was triggered after a lightbulb went out and tripped the fuse. It turns out that the house alarm control pad goes into a light circuit fuse and because the fuse tripped off, the alarm then... well, alarmed.
I figure that the alarm sounded because the electric to the control pad was cut off and so it assumed there was trouble afoot. But is it normal to run the house alarm into a light circuit fuse? I mean, every time a light bulb blows, it will result in the alarm sounding, which will, in turn, mean flipping the fuse back on in order to restore power to the alarm control pad so that the alarm code can be input to turn off the alarm.....!
Thanks in advance.
I had to help my elderly neighbour the other night when her house alarm was triggered after a lightbulb went out and tripped the fuse. It turns out that the house alarm control pad goes into a light circuit fuse and because the fuse tripped off, the alarm then... well, alarmed.
I figure that the alarm sounded because the electric to the control pad was cut off and so it assumed there was trouble afoot. But is it normal to run the house alarm into a light circuit fuse? I mean, every time a light bulb blows, it will result in the alarm sounding, which will, in turn, mean flipping the fuse back on in order to restore power to the alarm control pad so that the alarm code can be input to turn off the alarm.....!
Thanks in advance.