Agreed

Was using a real example of what trades cost, if it was security related it would be a 'rip off'

I knows

Thanks everyone 

Looks like a new control panel is the way to go

My wife doesn’t want anyone in the house until the pandemic is under control - say after we have received vaccines

Unfortunately the alarm is on the same power circuit as some downstairs lights - is there anything we can do to disconnect the alarm, so we can turn the power off?

With the power on / battery unplugged it seems to detect movement and beep accordingly in one of the zones

 

thanks again!

 

Should really have an unswitched fused connection unit adjacent the control panel if not you have no way to safely isolate separately from a shared circuit. Alarms aren't designed to be easy to "switch off"  that wouldn't sensible, this is why maintenance for them is important. If the system is working correctly you will likely trigger the external sounders again trying to isolate it.

 

If your not planning on fixing it for now and it's not making any noise I'd leave it alone IMO.

If it's just a chime sound and your confident it's caused by you activating a sensor, then you could try pressing the "music note" button to disable the chime.

 

 

Hi SWB, you are right - this is a picture of the control panel.  So do you think I can safely isolate?

1 hour ago, Womble said:

Hi SWB, you are right - this is a picture of the control panel.  So do you think I can safely isolate?

Looks like it feeds your doorbell aswell?

Not sure - will test it later!

1 hour ago, al-yeti said:

Looks like it feeds your doorbell aswell?

 

Ding!

Yes it does feed the front door bell!  No wonder no one has rung our bell recently!

 

so, any thoughts on how I can isolate the alarm system?  It would be great to have the downstairs lights back - and the door bell!