[Accenta Lcd Rkp - Display Blank]

2 hours ago, Chris_A said:

Sorry to revive a very old thread, but if the battery is flat is there no way of reviving it? Only option is to buy a new one?

Its sealed unlike a car battery so there is no fix for it. Replace it is one option, but if you dont like your neighbours you could not bother with a battery at all, then in every powercut the external sounder will sound and upset them. Or if you like to gamble you could just leave the battery in the panel may catch fire, it may not. To be fair never heard of one catching fire in a house (an engineers van caught fire recently due to old batteries) but there is always a first time. If you dont like the sound of those options you should either, replace the battery, get the alarm serviced, or decommission the system completely 

[Installerpro]

37 minutes ago, MrHappy said:

 

when I was paying customer I don't think I got much in the way of support ?

 

I'm still at loss why they bought a company & shed most of the customers with the 1st year ?

In the first 5 or 6 years it was fine, it was only the last 12 months I was on the christmas card list with AM technical, it just seemed to fallover for no apparent reason. But we did have it on about 7 machines now its only on three it seems quite stable 

[Installerpro]

On 11/01/2021 at 22:12, MrHappy said:

 

nope,

 

I'd like mentor, ideally gain a small co. which use it

 

 

 

 

Im getting used to the quirks, it has less than AM did, and I have called support far less than I did for AM. It doesnt go wrong, the only reason I call support nowadays is if I want to know if there is a easier way of doing something, and normally there is. I preferred AM's diary but that said I preferred Filemaker's diary over all of them, but your stuck with the diary that comes with the data base

[eBay tat roundup - the best and worst from the 'bay]

1st two links are the same

[Is it me or does the Media seem a bit more OTT nowadays]

20 hours ago, norman said:

Exactly this 

ahh but you dont like wobbly comments on wobbly pictures of whitby 

[Is it me or does the Media seem a bit more OTT nowadays]

2 hours ago, MrHappy said:

Looking at the many fires..... I 'd say the environmental protestors have branched out into arson ?

They were on the M25 today again, meanwhile in Brighton the green party were spend £thousands of taxpayers money on planting stuff on the beach.

[Is it me or does the Media seem a bit more OTT nowadays]

1 hour ago, al-yeti said:

However the fires are real , see this on A40 northolt going on now

its not like they dont happen every now and again though fires are not a new thing, theres an old windmill up near me that burnt down in 1933 in a great southdowns wild fire 

[Is it me or does the Media seem a bit more OTT nowadays]

The news just seems so panic panic panic nowadays, shortages in the shops causing panic buying during Covid, after that it was the fuel shortage everyone panicking to buy fuel all fuelled by the media (excuse the pun), and whats with the red pictures of the UK on the weather announcements? A few years ago that would have been a few jolly pictures of the sun in different places. Yeah it was hot today and maybe on paper hotter than any known recorded temperature but does it really warrant all the drama causing panic buying of ice cubes? They have been going on and on about inflation but I have not seen any changes in selling stuff, if anything I am selling more than I ever did, and many of my customers are expanding their businesses not the other way around ( I think most of em know something I dont ). I think the media has gone all snowflake on us, causing more grief than it should. 

[Dont talk to me about sophistication]

The only place oop north thats a bit scary is that big shopping centre in Manchester on a Saturday, I liked Leeds even if it did have more than the national average of "Game" shops for one high street. I quite liked York too 

[Dont talk to me about sophistication]

Ive been to Leeds!

[Hi all]

3 hours ago, MrHappy said:

 

get a job as trainee ?

Its the only way to go imo learning from your own mistakes is much harder than gaining knowledge from someone who has already made the mistakes 

[Which model do I have?!]

You need an engineer to default the codes for you, great panel in its time, but 30 years old now. 

[Same as it ever was]

[Manufacturers product life expectancy]

21 hours ago, MrHappy said:

 

 

 

 

Friend of family, heavy drinker, gets a good income from a minor pop career

 

 

Bros? or Gary Glitter?

[Manufacturers product life expectancy]

5 hours ago, MrHappy said:

 

it is expense hobby but I'd  take up smoking just to spite the NHS

As an ex smoker I do find it weird that anyone wants to smoke in this day an age, I can replicate the high from tobacco by just holding my breath for a bit 

[Home security systems]

Probably the best thing to do is to get three quotes. I would advise that you pick three accredited companies either ssiab or NSI gold

https://www.nsi.org.uk/    https://ssaib.org/  you can search for local companies with your postcode on these sites

 

Any good company will be able to tailor the alarm system to your needs and will give advise on how to make it simple to use.

 

Most companies will have their own preferred brand that they like to install, we could all start recommending different brands here but it would just confuse you if installers in your area dont use these brands and recommend something else.

Once you have your quotes come back here for more advice if you need it

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[9448 - External Sounder Not Working]

It shouldnt ring straight off you should have time to enter and switch the alarm off. try arming it when you are already in the property and then walk in front of the detectors, either that or do a bell test from the panel

[Manufacturers product life expectancy]

I saw this today and it made me think. Today I talked someone through the log on an Ab72 that panel is 25 to 30 years old. We have allsorts of older panels out there all in good working order, It goes to show a serviced system last way beyond its life expectancy. But it always surprises me when a customer complains that their 30 year old panel needs to be replaced, Ill send them this picture the next time it happens. 

 

[Accenta G3 - why does control panel have tamper detector if system is battery powered?]

4 hours ago, Chris_A said:

I'm a little confused trying to figure out how the G3 control panel works...

 

So, you have a spring which is designed to detect when the control panel has been opened and trigger the alarm. However, within the control panel you also have a battery which, if I've understood correctly, powers the entire system, so this can just be yanked out, rendering the tamper alarm fairly useless.

 

 

There is a battery in the bell as well. But if you are worried about burglars breaking in opening up the alarm box and ripping the battery and mains off ( if they did this the bells would still continue to ring assuming the system is serviced)then maybe you should consider a monitored alarm 

[Moved into house with ADT]

ADT dont always have live bells mostly they are decoys 

[I-ON30R]

Dont rely on the free app, if they are not getting paid for it they are not going to be in any hurry to fix it when it goes wrong. Many of the manufacturer's have learned it costs a fortune to run a server for hundreds of thousands of alarm system apps and are now charging for it 

[Hello newbie here]

5 hours ago, MrHappy said:

Dualtec normally means less likely to false alarm...

Depends on the environment, sometimes a quad is much better than a DT. Should only really use DT's in hostile areas like garages and warehouses, I wouldn't put one in my front room.

[Hello newbie here]

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[Help........please! Wiring of PIR sensor]

When was the last time the panel battery was changed?