sixwheeledbeast Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 19 hours ago, james.wilson said: Out of interest your using modern ios tech to post about your really old alarm, would you be interested in keeping your security system up to date for half what you pay to apple? I still say a good, well maintained, fit for purpose system wouldn't need ripping out. People are too quick to add to the E-waste pile IMO. It's easy to say you swap your car or phone more regularly than your alarm but most of this consumer stuff is designed with a short lifespan in mind and you are trapped to a platform. A lot of my electronic equipment is 10 years old but its well looked after, I'd only plan to replace it when it's unserviceable. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Specialist Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 38 minutes ago, sixwheeledbeast said: I still say a good, well maintained, fit for purpose system wouldn't need ripping out. People are too quick to add to the E-waste pile IMO. It's easy to say you swap your car or phone more regularly than your alarm but most of this consumer stuff is designed with a short lifespan in mind and you are trapped to a platform. A lot of my electronic equipment is 10 years old but its well looked after, I'd only plan to replace it when it's unserviceable. A man after my own heart, I hate seeing stuff thrown out just for the sake of it. That's why I love restoring Vintage electronics. Quote Customers Love us, Intruders Hate us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixwheeledbeast Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, Specialist said: A man after my own heart, I hate seeing stuff thrown out just for the sake of it. That's why I love restoring Vintage electronics. As you can see people don't agree. It's all down to if you see it as a box pushing game or a service industry IMO. You can push as many shiny new boxes as you want but customers want a good service, it's the peace of mind and trust in your system and installer people should focus on. Edited June 5, 2019 by sixwheeledbeast typo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Specialist Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 To me, shiny new boxes are all well and good in their place. i.e when I definitely can't bring something back to life. Maybe I'm just a masochist Quote Customers Love us, Intruders Hate us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al-yeti Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 7 hours ago, Specialist said: A man after my own heart, I hate seeing stuff thrown out just for the sake of it. That's why I love restoring Vintage electronics. Your room must be like junk yard , growing up mine was a mess still don't have time to fix everything Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Specialist Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 (edited) 4 hours ago, al-yeti said: Your room must be like junk yard , growing up mine was a mess still don't have time to fix everything Nah, you forget: I've had plenty of time to fix the stuff Edited June 6, 2019 by Specialist Quote Customers Love us, Intruders Hate us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jezthomp Posted June 6, 2019 Author Share Posted June 6, 2019 The engineer has been and it was the bloke who's been before and said we had been locked out because of the power cut. Already has his battery with him, went to the main box and asked me to put my code in when the alarm went off. Came back down walk tested all the sensors and that was it fixed. Said all our settings, code etc will be the same. So as people suggested it was the battery that needed replacing. In theory is this something i could do in the future as it was obviously my code and not the engineer code when he opened the box and the tamper switch went off? Battery needed is a rechargeable 12v battery in region of 1.2 to 6Ah. And even worse worse case scenario the alarm only goes off for 20mins on a Accenta 6? Thank you for all the help :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrHappy Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 How much did he charge & what colour was his horse? Quote Mr Veritas God Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Specialist Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 (edited) 4 hours ago, jezthomp said: The engineer has been and it was the bloke who's been before and said we had been locked out because of the power cut. Already has his battery with him, went to the main box and asked me to put my code in when the alarm went off. Came back down walk tested all the sensors and that was it fixed. Said all our settings, code etc will be the same. So as people suggested it was the battery that needed replacing. In theory is this something i could do in the future as it was obviously my code and not the engineer code when he opened the box and the tamper switch went off? Battery needed is a rechargeable 12v battery in region of 1.2 to 6Ah. And even worse worse case scenario the alarm only goes off for 20mins on a Accenta 6? Thank you for all the help : Hi Jez: Yes, from what you've said then it's quite feasible for you to change the battery yourself in the future. Did he take a meter up into the attic to check charging voltage / current ?. Sorry: Not sure what you mean by even worse case scenario, bell only sounds for 20 minutes on the Accenta 6 ?. That's more than enough time to deter a burglar and really annoy your neighbours. Edited June 6, 2019 by Specialist Quote Customers Love us, Intruders Hate us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Specialist Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 Sorry was trying to do several things at once, your Installer should have set the sounder cut off time to no more than 15 minutes. Quote Customers Love us, Intruders Hate us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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