Security System Backup Battery

Ken wrote:>Are these batteries readily available and easy to change out?

Yes. Tom Work at your leisure!

It can be one of a hundred different batteries and dozens if different systems so no one can give you an accurate assessment.

Radio Shack can order just about any battery you need.

I am sure its dead. Most systems give a fault when the backup is bad..... usually 3 in the morning. At least mind did.

Leave a message on what the battery brand and model is and if it is obsolete, it will probably cross. If you have a Batteries Plus franchise nearby, just haul it into them. That place is great. You may need to solder / desolder the battery so hopefully you are equipped for that. Good luck, Ross

Subject: Security System Backup Battery Newsgroup: alt.home.repair => Ken Our system battery has never been changed since installation in 1995. The

Assuming you are talking about the system back-up battery, you can easily change it yourself. You'll need a 12 Volt 4AH or 7AH lead-acid available at Radio-Shack or online. THe only difference in amp-hours is how much standby time you'll have-- go with the 7AH as the price difference is negligible.

If you have a wireless system (wireless door/window transmitters, PIR's ect..) these batteries are also changeable by you -- but you'll have to give specifics about your system for me to tell you which batteries to purchase.

Subject: Re: Security System Backup Battery Newsgroup: alt.home.repair => Edwin Pawlowski

Nope. Not if it's the back-up battery. They are universal.

G. Morgan wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@schoolofhardknocks.edu:

Wal-Mart carries these size LA batteries for kids electric cars/scooters.At about the same prices. You can get them cheaper elsewhere,though.Much cheaper,I believe.