Got a call from my elderly aunty earlier today.
She has the above alarm.
She said she had to come downstairs at 3am this morning because the panel was making a noise.
Her neighbour says they looked out of the window but could not see the light flashing on the front. It didn't appear to be going off though it was clearly trying to and making a funny noise.
I am sure a few of you hear how difficult it can be to get any real constructive information out of an 80 year old!
Anyway, there are 3 fuses inside the panel. They look OK but I am going back down in a minute to check them with a multimeter.
There is clearly no supply to the board as the green light is not light.
There was a slight glow when I turned up when she was pressing some buttons but that soon ceased.
I am guessing that the board is dead.
I have brought the battery away. It was 6.42 Volts. I have charged it for an hour on an Optimate trickle charger and it comes up with a red light so it isn't accepting the slightest of charges. The Optimate is for my motorbike and goes through a test phase for 30 minutes and then checks to see if the state of the battery has improved.
I guessed the battery would be dead.
My Scantronic has a power light like hers but also a Standby light. I do not think the 9448+ has a Standby light though.
This gives me confidence that it is simply the battery but surely the power light would still be on even if the battery was dead.
My own unit with battery unplugged only has the Standby light on.
I would appreciate some advice on this as tomorrow I intend to swap out the main panel if no lights appears on it when I plug my battery into her alarm. My battery has ample charge.
Many thanks.
She has the above alarm.
She said she had to come downstairs at 3am this morning because the panel was making a noise.
Her neighbour says they looked out of the window but could not see the light flashing on the front. It didn't appear to be going off though it was clearly trying to and making a funny noise.
I am sure a few of you hear how difficult it can be to get any real constructive information out of an 80 year old!
Anyway, there are 3 fuses inside the panel. They look OK but I am going back down in a minute to check them with a multimeter.
There is clearly no supply to the board as the green light is not light.
There was a slight glow when I turned up when she was pressing some buttons but that soon ceased.
I am guessing that the board is dead.
I have brought the battery away. It was 6.42 Volts. I have charged it for an hour on an Optimate trickle charger and it comes up with a red light so it isn't accepting the slightest of charges. The Optimate is for my motorbike and goes through a test phase for 30 minutes and then checks to see if the state of the battery has improved.
I guessed the battery would be dead.
My Scantronic has a power light like hers but also a Standby light. I do not think the 9448+ has a Standby light though.
This gives me confidence that it is simply the battery but surely the power light would still be on even if the battery was dead.
My own unit with battery unplugged only has the Standby light on.
I would appreciate some advice on this as tomorrow I intend to swap out the main panel if no lights appears on it when I plug my battery into her alarm. My battery has ample charge.
Many thanks.