Hi,

Install a few systems as am electrician. Mainly fit texecom. Have one in my house, been fine for about 4 years. Other day after sockets tripped for some reason, external sounder went. Keypad ignored me. Power restored, everything OK. Though time to change battery so I did. Still have probelm. Battery charging etc. Cannot see why I should be having this problem. Have checked fuses, all OK.

Email - steve.hutson@ntlworld.com

What DC Voltage are you getting from your black and red battery leads (whilst disconnected from the battery)?

How much current is the battery drawing from the panel?

Battery fuse blown??

Breff:-

Have checked fuses, all OK.

Email - steve.hutson@ntlworld.com

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Ste:-

Ive had boards destroy themselves because they tried to charge a duff battery and/or the current surge on power up damaged the panel, most of them I Had to replace (The panels that is)

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Breff:-

Ste:-

Ive had boards destroy themselves because they tried to charge a duff battery and/or the current surge on power up damaged the panel, most of them I Had to replace (The panels that is)

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Think you are right. Just checked battery voltage - 4.72 and this is the charging voltage so its never going to get up to 12-13 is it? Panel u/s then?

Battery fuse blown??

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Have checked thanks and this is OK

Unless your really handy with a soldering iron yes the the panel is buggered.

You could though repair it by replacing the resistor which will be black and burnt looking, this will be causing the charging cct to fail.

Probably cheaper or less hassle to get a new board though.

Probably cheaper or less hassle to get a new board though.

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Unless your really handy with a soldering iron yes the the panel is buggered.

You could though repair it by replacing the resistor which will be black and burnt looking, this will be causing the charging cct to fail.

Probably cheaper or less hassle to get a new board though.

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Hi,

I've had a similar problem to that of the original poster. if the power trips (as opposed to being switched off) my Veritas 8 units immediately sounds the siren and the keyobard become un-responsive. I don't think its a battery charging issue as the panel is delivering 13.6v (although with a normal power outage the battery only lasts a couple of hours)