3 hours ago, norman said:

Why would it sound if a fuse popped when unset? 

If he cut through the tamper wire before blowing the fuse then it should have 

2 hours ago, Jim Mac said:

just neen to get replacement bell fuse

And theres your answer right there 

2 hours ago, norman said:

If possible I'd look to make sure that the cable is not going to short again. If you've damaged it with the drill and are confident enough I'd look at maybe putting a junction box in where the damage is but you'd need to isolate the whole cable from the panel before doing it. 

I cut back the damaged cable, and spliced in a replacement section of cable, soldering the ends together before using terminal blocks.

I have full confidence in the repaired section

But if your bell fuse is blown your bell should have sounded for 20 mins when it blew

42 minutes ago, PeterJames said:

And theres your answer right there 

Sorry Peter, youve lost me a bit, when swapping the fuses, the keypad became operational but need to replace the fuse thats vacant for bell fuse

1 minute ago, PeterJames said:

But if your bell fuse is blown your bell should have sounded for 20 mins when it blew

 

Just now, Jim Mac said:

Sorry Peter, youve lost me a bit, when swapping the fuses, the keypad became operational but need to replace the fuse thats vacant for bell fuse

 

51 minutes ago, PeterJames said:

And theres your answer right there 

He swapped the fuses to prove, the sab fuse was intact. 

37 minutes ago, norman said:

He swapped the fuses to prove, the sab fuse was intact. 

But what should have happened when he removed the bell fuse?

11 minutes ago, PeterJames said:

But what should have happened when he removed the bell fuse?

What you would expect to have happen, the outside bell box, activated until the internal batteries in both of them ran down, and hence why I need to get a fuse to replace the bell fuse

2 minutes ago, Jim Mac said:

What you would expect to have happen, the outside bell box, activated until the internal batteries in both of them ran down, and hence why I need to get a fuse to replace the bell fuse

I expected the bell to sound, but it seems that it did. but you omitted to tell us