My in laws have gone on holiday and I am doing some decorating and looking after the house. The problem is the burglar alarm goes off every day. I set the alarm at approx 3PM and I get a call from their neighbour at 8 to 8-30 PM saying "the alarm is going off". The electricity has never been switched off by me for decorating purposes. When I look at the event log, it is always a different zone so that discounts a spider etc crawling over a passive. Two of the activations have been 1 x door contacts (not surface type) and 1 x panic button! I have now left the alarm off to save the neighbours any more grief. Why would it go off after 5 hours or so? Any ideas before I call an engineer?CheersJohn

In article , John writesWith different zones tripping, supply volts on the panel or knackeredbackup battery would be a good place to start.

Any Alarm Gurus Out There?

Sep 19, 2006 22 Replies

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Art Deco 19 years ago

Are you familiar at all with the "Spacetec Security Alarm" panel? Mine started misbehaving during a power cut so I suspect the battery or batteries.

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Micky Savage 19 years ago

Hi John, when a panel is put into engineer mode, it allows you to work on it without driving everyone mad with it going off. Your sounder may have a hold off to alllow you to test it then it resets.

Mick

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Micky Savage 19 years ago

Hi John, Sorry I did not read the reply.A panel is not that expensive unless you go cordless. I use Texecom and a panel from my wholesaler is £46.00 + vat.

Kind Regards.

Mick

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