Look, If all you want to do is keep the neighbours from pitch forking you the next time you come home following another lengthy powercut, why don't you just disconnect the SAB battery? So long as your alarm system opperats correctly when powered then you don't really have a problem.

The only true purpose for a back-up batter inside an SAB is in case of either a long-term power cut or vandalism/damaged cable.

If your this worried about it, I suggest you get yourself up the ladders and cut or disconnect the wire to the battery inside the SAB.

Don't worry! The SAB will still work as it's supposed to! (unless it's wacked off the wall!!). Good luck. Paul C.

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I WOULD NOT ADVISE THIS SORT OF ACTION ????

Edited April 10, 200521 yr by alarmgard

The SAB will still work as it's supposed to!

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Well, it won't actually as an SAB has a battery in it. It'll be a cross between SAB and SCB, more like an SAB with no battery.

Obviously you're not in the trade then.

Ok Guys! This fella obviously has a problem with his system - - and yes, I've been in the trade for 11 years - - at some point you have to take a step back and think about you customers problems and the risk he's at from becoming a noise nuisance (ever heard of a risk assessment?). Maybee they don't bug you because you only get a phone call from your clients once a year......ever heared of being pro-active instead of reactive guys !?? Obviously, within our trade the correct thing to do would be to fit our chap with a 28ah battery rig. But all he wants is a little GENUINE advise. Hey, be honest, if it was your house - what would you REALLY do!!!

So if your car start making a noise and its your wheel bearing do you take it out

What you are suggesting is not a fix but a brush under the carpet. Apart from that I would see if I could lease with someone from a the power company to see what alternatives would be available. If the customer is affected this much they must be paying a massive payout all the time. And a system that was advised by Alarm-gard would not cost the earth. A little over £1800 would all that needs to be invested. And I assume the money paid out in compensation would be able to off set the cost. The other avenue is to chat with OFGEM who may be very interested in this customers problem.

Edited April 9, 200521 yr by smart1

  So if your car start making a noise and its your wheel bearing do you take it out 

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Nice repy!

But then your car won't go at all will it??

Thats like saying "Hey, just link out the tamper loop!"

Its more like this; if your wheel trim falls off will it really hurt your car if you don't replace it?

Hey, have you read the problems that this guy is having?? How would YOU resolve his problems and make him happy without breaking his bank??

There's 2 ways of doing a job, properly and not properly.

If you took some time to read through the other posts on this forum you'd see we only really offer advice that we would be happy doing ourselves. Snipping wires in bell boxes is not something I'd do.

I can see what you're saying, but I don't agree and wouldn't advise it. At the end of the day, it's wrong.

What I am trying to say a wheel needs a bearing to make it run smoothly and to prevent the wheel collapsing. This is what it was designed for. An SAB bell box needs a battery back up to make it react if all other power is lost and that

Edited April 9, 200521 yr by smart1

There's 2 ways of doing a job, properly and not properly.

If you took some time to read through the other posts on this forum you'd see we only really offer advice that we would be happy doing ourselves. Snipping wires in bell boxes is not something I'd do.

I can see what you're saying, but I don't agree and wouldn't advise it. At the end of the day, it's wrong.

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Your quite right. I agree that this action may be thought of as 'wrong'. But, at the end of the day, the client is always right. This action will not meet any standards but at least the guy will be able to sleep at night. I've completely disconnected SAB's and fitted speech diallers in their place befor now, purely because the client is too scared to set his alarm JUST IN CASE OF IT ANNOYING THE NEIGHBOURS!!! I know that is wrong too, but at the end of the day your customer should NEVER be afraid OF his alarm system!!

Tell me, if this guy was you....what would YOU do??

Tell me, if this guy was you....what would YOU do??

I`d run an 8 core to the bellbox, and use 2 cores for an SAB overide switch hidden somewhere.

Again slightly naughty advice, but the cheapest solution.

MR SES...

We all know what an SAB was designed for, but sometimes circumstances arise that are beyond the scope of the products intentions. Bear that in mind the next time you fit Ferrari wheels to your Vauxhall Corsa!!