sixwheeledbeast

JB lid tamper? Have you tried with two links in the 4600 terminals?

Best to have a charger with a good amperage two outputs with two leads. Are we talking mains here or vehicle?

For anyone finding this post in the future taking the alarm apart and pulling the battery out is not the best idea at 4 in the morning, your just making things worse even if it's in alarm already.

I think JW thought all your latest posts where connected to the same question (XY problem). It's can lead you down the wrong path asking questions around the problem like this. No worries if that's not the case . I often find with a lot of these situations the lines between what the regulations say and what engineers have picked up gets blurred. Opinions on what is right, wrong and rough overshadow what the written text of the regulations you are fitting to say. Now don't get me wrong there are some things in the regs that you may interpret differently to someone else but they are the where it comes from so best from the horses mouth sometimes.

Mechanical protection doesn't relate to EN50131 that would be covered under BS7671 and all connection boxes must be tampered at any Grade above 1. Masking is obviously a Grade 3 requirement. All the standards are there but they are copyright protected you purchase them from the BSI website, your company should have a copy. The best you will get without reading the standards is the manufacturers quick guides that are about, I think the Castle one is in the Downloads section.

Nodoby raads the bit in the mibble

I would expect a 32GB card to work no problems. That is conveniently the max size Windows formats to FAT32 and the cut off for SDHC and SDXC. Beyond that if larger SDXC cards work I'd expect it to be fine upto 2Tb unless they have designed some weird size/file restriction into it.

I was assuming it was broken over a duff battery but yeah I have also replaced batteries on them in the past.

You'll have to keep an eye on places like ebay. The stuff is long discontinued especially 4600 Series with the DIP switches for programming. Most places would be looking to upgrade the system to something a bit more modern, with better two way comms.

I don't know the i-on but I would imagine most devices like that will be FAT

Maybe it's down to how transparent the company is on there downtime?

I was told it was a CENLEC/IEC thing and our wiring regs have changed over the years to incorporate that. It was only appliances that where harmonised so about being able to use the same processes across Europe I would imagine, before my time tho.

Assumed the original comment was about the new harmonised colours for mains. I also think they where daft at the time, mainly for turning a neutral colour into a line colour but it's done now and in line with all countries in and around Europe so can't really complain.

The idea behind switching the router off is to minimise the chance of push notification and recording data to cloud/disk, or in case they didn't find the NVR before being disturbed. Polling is where the alarm system, on a regular basis (ideally every minute or so) contacts a server (usually a monitoring company) to make sure the alarm messages are received. If the system was compromised either before or during a break in a message would be received at the server to say the site has "failed to respond" and you can be notified.

There's a surprise

We can't give you exact step by step instructions on how to disable your alarm. As a guide you would need to remove the external sounder first this will involve a ladder and some ear protection as you will trigger the sirens by doing so. Then you can remove the inside without disturbing the neighbours too much. You will also need some electrical knowledge on how to make the mains supply circuit safe before and after the main panel is removed. I would suggest if you are not comfortable working with tools at a height, being surprised by loud sirens or working with mains electrics to consider having an engineer out to decommission it. Out of interest is there a reason for it's removal?

I don't know the Enforcer but even with two paths or a backup by using two modules it not going to help in a targeted attack without some polling functionality. You can have all the connections to off-site but if there is nothing checking they are functional they could be compromised without you knowing. Installers would install signalling units that have a polling feature if any path is down you would be told.

You should know by now there's always a silent P in Bath.

Where is Edinborough? Nice way to give the game away that your a southern tourist. I assume you mean Carlisle, Cumberland to me, all northern areas have there little shithole somewhere especially in and around the city.

Use right for all of the above, left hand is for holding on and swinging from the branches obviously.

Being right handed phone in the right makes more sense to me :shrug:

The crocs on IBTs are fine for faston connections but if your battery has threaded terminals then your suppose to use the "3532" clamps for more accurate readings. Maybe this is what he's referring to? There's a few threads in the trade forums talking about battery testing and what different people do Measuring float charging current wouldn't give you the full picture of battery condition. There is a possibility the unit needs calibrating if you've had it a while and it's consistently failing new-ish batteries.

On a similar note with the rise of keyless car theft crook locks and drive bollards are back in fashion, those keys would go with the house ones.

You threw the padlock key out the window? Re prox tags I have always recommended to have the tag on your car keys separate from your house ones. They have there pros and cons but they are mandatory for proper monitoring anyway

BNIB?