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Thanks for your reply. For a few days running, before the alarm went off we had been experiencing violent thunderstorms in the area, whether that can affect a RCD I do not know. She had an electrician in today to sign off the electrics in the house and he found no problems and gave her a certificate. We have fitted a new panel battery as well as we think the old battery was approximately 9 years old.

Hi, wonder if you could confirm my thoughts please. My daughter is abroad on holiday at the moment and I received a call from her saying her neighbour had just called to let her know that her alarm was going off, By the time I got to her house and the sounder had stopped but the strobe was still flashing outside. I went in and entered the code, the keypad was showing tamper but no zones were lit, on further inspection the downstairs RCD had tripped and the green light on the control panel was flashing, so running just on the battery. I turned on the RCD and cleared the tamper but left the alarm unset for the moment, not wanting to upset the neighbours again. The power could have been off for several days and I guess it's probably just the battery in the panel running down and needs replacing. Thanks, Pete

That does make sense.

All I wanted to know was the PIR jumper settings, they could have printed that on the box it came in as al-yeti says. I got a install and user manual with the panel Pete

Got the new complete Texecom system connected up and running today, no problems at all but disappointed the Texecom Pir's now come with a booklet saying they no longer send instructions in the box! what's that all about? the leaflet was as big as the instructions would have been. Pete

Hi Specialist Thank you for your reply I think I will be able to track down the tamper fault and do know how to use the multimeter I am just surprised a tamper fault will completely stop the system in this way. I have now bought a full new full system that I am more familiar and intend to fit but will need to check the old cabling is not causing the fault. It's all hidden under the chipboard floors and inside the walls and I do intend re using it but would also like to find this fault mainly through interest. I have a new battery with the new system so I will fit that temporarily and intended linking out the tamp circuit then checking each leg separately. I want the ladders handy in case the bell goes off and I can't stop it from inside, don't want to upset the new neighbours. Cheers Pete

Thanks for your reply, I will check the tamper circuits for the fault first and if I find it/them I will change the battery, otherwise I will remove it all and fit a new system. I opened the panel last night and have access to the connections but don't want to do too much yet without having a ladder handy to silence the bell. Thanks again. Pete

Hi My daughter has just moved into a house that has a Accenta G3 alarm fitted. The previous owner left the code but she never said the alarm wasn't working. Pressing any of keys on the keypad has no effect and makes no sound, the alarm went off when I turned the house consumer unit off but putting in the code did stop the alarm so I guess the panel battery is also shot. There is a Day and power light lit on the keypad but also a tamper light lit as well. I removed 2 PIR's for the decorator and that had no effect. I am wondering if it is just a tamper circuit fault that I can probably track down (but would that cause this effect on the system ?) or is it likely to be something more serious? I downloaded the instructions but could not see if a tamper fault disables using the system? Thanks for any pointers. Pete