I never had a contract.  It was under contract by the previous owners. 

1 hour ago, neonred said:

I never had a contract.  It was under contract by the previous owners. 

Ideally you want one, if you can keep it going?

9 hours ago, neonred said:

I never had a contract.  It was under contract by the previous owners. 

How long ago was it last serviced? 

Servicing, meaning batteries on sirens, back up battery on panel And making sure it works .

Functions on panic buttons and pir's

i check all of this periodically.  Back up batteries are changed once a year.

23 minutes ago, neonred said:

Servicing, meaning batteries on sirens, back up battery on panel And making sure it works .

Functions on panic buttons and pir's

i check all of this periodically.  Back up batteries are changed once a year.

What do you check with and how? Do you do a tach test or load test or what's your preference?

1 hour ago, neonred said:

Servicing, meaning batteries on sirens, back up battery on panel And making sure it works .

Functions on panic buttons and pir's

i check all of this periodically.  Back up batteries are changed once a year.

Very well, but you'd save money straight away as a company would only change the batteries every 4 years.

 

The XPC is most likely a dummy external siren as these were sold as monitored systems, sold and installed in the main by subcontract sales companies in the early 2000's so having one non monitored is a bit of a waste of time.

 

Just imo of course.

 

 

Yes , true it was a dummy but I have fitted an elmdene external siren . 

Believe you are quite right on the batteries.  

Unfortunately for me I always like to get to the bottom of things and end up taking things apart to find out how they tick.  Not always advantageous.  Force of habit in my case.