I had a recent power cut for about 3 hours last night and my alarm battery kicked in ,the outside alarm box made some abnormal noises for a few minutes and 3 lights faintly came on the control panel .When the electric came back on I'm now unable to key in any codes on the panel (no bleeping when press buttons)on light is lit and the 2 infared sensors are still working ,any ideas on how to get it working again ? thanks.

Put a new battery in the panel for a start.

How old is your system?

Probably needs a service to be honest and a new batt in

Panel and outside "abnormal sounding box".

Try ssaib and nsi company's

It's about 16 years old with a new battery fitted 6 years ago that cost me over £100 to get fitted ,once bitten twice shy .

Well being shy has caused the issue change the battery every 4 to 5 years.

Your battery is goosed, and if your,lucky that maybe all, £100 over 6 years is great value imo, but time to get it changed again.

It's about 16 years old with a new battery fitted 6 years ago that cost me over £100 to get fitted ,once bitten twice shy .

you have ti remember, that company has expenses, likely maintains an office, staff and that trained engineer is not working for free, fuel is not free, tax insurance etc. etc.

£100.00 inc battery was a very reasonable charge, have you looked on Maplin's to see how much you would pay for your replacement battery alone?

like all experienced engineers of any trade, you are often paying for what they know how to do, not just what they do. as your system as lasted 6 years, way beyond expected battery life of 3 - 5, i think you have had par excellent service and value.

btw - please don't ak me to attend - i prefer clients who live in the real world and appreciate good service

Edited August 4, 201312 yr by arfur mo

Just saw one at £10 on the net ,may I ask you nicely how you fit it when I get it ? Thanks.

suggest you look up Screwfix.com, bags of cheapo engineers on their .

Double check that this is the correct one I need thanks

http://www.buyabattery.co.uk/yuasa-yucel-12v-2-1ah-alarm-panel-battery-y2-1-12-np2-1-12.html