Peter Maloney Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Hi, We have just moved into a new property and it is fitted with an Accenta G3 alarm system, my problem in that i have no external sounder volume at all, my internal ones sound but not external, could this just be a fault with the bell box itself or could this be a setting, when i read the manual and enter engineers mode i can do a bell test which activates the internal sounders on the keypads but nothing from the external, if i try to press low volume sounder / high volume sounder or walk test the panel just beeps and won't let these functions work. Thanks for any help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixwheeledbeast Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Sounds like a possible faulty bell. But could equally be something else; fuse, output faulty, wiring, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Maloney Posted August 27, 2014 Author Share Posted August 27, 2014 Hi, Many thanks for the reply, i have checked fuses and wiring seems fine, the house is only 4 years old so its not an old system, is there an easy way for me to test the output? other than getting the works van with ladders and actually going up to the bell housing with a new one.... Thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
datadiffusion Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 (edited) I'd suspect that at some point, for some reason, someone has gone outside and removed connections to the outside bell. Just a hunch but I bet that at some point it 'wouldn't stop going off', so someone pulled the power, then realised that the outside bell 'wouldn't stop going off', so got a ladder and pulled all the wires out. Also are you certain you have the engineer code rather than a user code? Two different things, apologies if you're aware but many come on here and think they are one and the same. As you say a sensible thing is to try and test it from the inside first. Edited August 27, 2014 by datadiffusion Quote So, I've decided to take my work back underground.... to stop it falling into the wrong hands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Maloney Posted August 27, 2014 Author Share Posted August 27, 2014 Hi, Thanks for the help, yes it is the engineer code I am using, I might see if I can crawl into the loft space later and see the wires going through the wall and if they could be still attached, I don't have a ladder tall enough to get to the outside bell box but if needed I could get one from the work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixwheeledbeast Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 I doubt you can assess much from in the loft. It only needs one wire missing/damaged/cut/removed not to trigger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
datadiffusion Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 ^^^ yep it will have been removed in the bellbox, if at all. Quote So, I've decided to take my work back underground.... to stop it falling into the wrong hands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Maloney Posted August 27, 2014 Author Share Posted August 27, 2014 ok, thanks guys, guess I have no choice but to borrow the works ladder and get up there, I have ordered a texecom bell box anyway incase this one is goosed. Thanks for the help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Maloney Posted August 31, 2014 Author Share Posted August 31, 2014 Just wanted to report back and say thanks for the help, turns out the siren was faulty on the bell house, when I got the ladder and went up it was working but was very low, fitted the new texecom one and everything works great now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthew.brough Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 Thanks for the update Quote www.securitywarehouse.co.uk/catalog/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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