James1985

In hindsight, yes!

RE: Mr Happy it was advertised as so with the following blurb when I enquired (as you can tell I am not an expert, I ordered 2 units ans the other works fine): This decoy has a solar panel located behind the blue lens which is connected to the included rechargeable battery. With daylight the battery charges and is kept topped up. The battery pack when fully charged has a voltage of 4.8v and the LEDs only require a small amount of power above 3v to flash. There is enough capacity in the battery to keep the LEDs flashing for several weeks even in there was no daylight. During winter there is still daylight which will charge the battery so the LEDs will flash. Once fitted you can leave it for several years and it will keep on flashing. The decoy cover is identical to the live siren and will look like you have a real alarm. ADT is probably the best known alarm company in the UK so fitting their decoy will be a great deterrent. Hope that helps. Have a great day and best regards.

Thanks - I did power up again had leds for about 2 seconds and then nothing. I will check the above - thanks again

Thanks again - so I tried this, the led flashed once and there was a small beep when I reattached the wires as above - but then nothing beyond that. I can try and leave a bit longer to charge and try again. Beyond that if it is damaged by reversed polarity, is there something I can replace to fix this? Or would it be more serious and more of a write-off situation? Thanks

Thanks - I've swapped the the red to pos and black to neg on the bat side - no LED still unfortunately

Thanks for your quick response - it was flashing during daytime (in light) previously so don't think this is the issue. The solar panels are the 2 x green parts towards the bottom (housed below transculent blue plastic) - I can add another image if needed also.

I bought this solar/battery powered dummy alarm recently. All I want to work is the flashing LED. I connected the battery (which was not connected) and the LED alternate flash was working for around 1 week, though no longer more. I can only presume that the battery is no longer charging for whatever reason? The device has been left i a sunny window sill until installation. Please can you advise how I can fix this to ensure LED will flash with solar as main power source and battery as back up? Thanks