bellman

In short, Lots of tamper problems. These were mainly on the early v8, we were issued with boxes of replacement springs and had to go around swapping em over. found the vr8 suffered from same problems as well as it's suspceptibility to mains interference and the classic singing transformer. the transformer pi**es customers off the most though the premier, I must admit, it's a whole lot better than the veritas, but, from using it i'm not impressed at all. flimsy keypads amongst other things and the huge rush into "bells and whisles" or "feature richness" as anther member put it, seems to be muddying the waters of the market it'd supposedly been designed for. and they still have singing transformers. the menu structure and command sets are straight out of the menvier panels, but it's hardly supprising as several of the R&D staff came from cooper menvier. I also dislike the fact that all and sundry sell them. locally i've seen them on market stalls and in small electrical shops, I'm waiting for them to advertised at £4.99 when you spend more than £12 on fuel at the local garage. why does this bother me?, well because the more common it is, the more the chances of it being defeated or bypassed. I could go on but I won't as you rightly said earlier "A very divided issue, them that don't swear by them, hate them" I got my fingers burned once, I'm not about to make that twice. They are shut case from my standpoint. Hope this helps explain why I don't use them, although several other members love them to pieces and would use nothing else. Regards Bellman

Mark, I've unfortunatly had the displeasure of installing quite a few hundred of these panels. I HATE THEM I wouldn't even put one on the shed. most other manufacturers are ok, but texecom suck like a big sucky thing on a big sucky day Regards Bellman

Hard to program !!!! get real, my 8 year old son could progam it. Yeah, the install manual is good, providing you've just finished the learn to read with Peter and Jane books. Rip it out, dump it and replace it with a nice diy job from Wickes or B&Q. I'm sure that'll be just as unreliable as the dreadfull texecom rubbish you already have. HOWEVER. if you want an alarm that will work correctly and not false alarm when some dog coughs outside then ring an approved company to quote you. Regards Bellman

I've installed d/t's several times in overly hot enviroments like this with no problems. i do extensively adjust and walktest them though. I aggree that Ultrasonic will also work but they are also not false alarm free. As for Pete's Idea about Car Alarm Sensors, they are probably ideal since they are designed for the same enviroment.. Regards Bellman

Hi John, rise in temperatures can indeed trigger normal PIR's. this problem can be resolved by fitting a dual technology sensor such as a combined pir/microwave (the most common type) do buy a Quality Branded detector though, a cheap £12 detector is asking for trouble. Napco are a good brand (but expensive) as are Optex. Texecom are also worth a look if your buget concious, good quality kit at a reasonable price. Hope this Helps Regards Bellman.