Rather suffer a Ademco than the above.

bet you liked them because they locked up

no, i like mine because - works like a spider webb against for when the strifes mother visits on her broom!

Arfur

whoops did not see James post lol! - but still true about the child gate

The onyl problem we ever had with optima's was them 'locking up' as you say. We found this was caused by the strobe in the sounder we were using at the time. If we removed the strobe they didnt crash. The manuafacturer altered the design (it was western technologies) to move the strobe drain wire connection further away from HO- (IIRC)

There arnt many realtivly well featured panels left with on board keyboard. Honestly have a look at the gen4, remeber its honeywell now not ade, it really is a fine basic panel.

B&Q?

Arfur

//washers mouth out with soap//

Edited June 23, 201015 yr by arfur mo

Arf, i find it strange that you recommend budget cctv as its better than nothing, yet unless im confused, you recommend a higher end intruder panel?

Thanks for the input guys

If the new panel provides the service and reliability of the old one then I'll be happy with the £30-odd outlay

Wife wants a chime so gets a chime but when it is turned off i'll still have the advantage of the RKP by the patio door, if it was just about the chime then I'd get one of these

for what I need it does what it does

Rather suffer a Ademco than the above.

Is that a recommendation or a slightly less hated bain of your life

lol

Its definetly not a recommendation. The last ademco panels we had on trial (some years ago now) ended up being inhouse power supply units only.

noted

I'll be needing a battery for the panel too - is it a case of bigger is better?

Toolstation do a 1.2ah for £7.98 and 2.3ah for £8.98

http://www.toolstation.com/shop/Electrical/Batteries/Sealed+Lead+Acid+Battery+12v+12Ah+97x43x58mm/d190/sd2450/p29879

I'm thinking if they both physically fit then the 2.3Ah for an extra quid is the one to go for?

1.2 wont fit. go for a 2.1 - 2.3 a/h

For all their faults they were a good v basic panel, zillions out there, and the best bit was they made sure newer versions pcb would slot in old pcb place so no need to change back panel. great for service engineers

Dunno if your G4 will do same.

Personally I'd pay a little extra for something thats graded & with fsl.

hp

Do you know of a graded panel, with fsl and an onboard keypad?