Guest darkmagi666 Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 I had a scantronics 9448 alarm fiited in my house a couple of years back & have had no trouble with it until about a month ago, The alarm went off in the middle of the night but the alarm was not set, I put my code in & the panic light had come on but i do not have a panic button fitted to the alarm, This has happen several times in the last few weeks & my wife is getting a little bored with it now, I had the engineer back to the house who fitted it for me & he fitted a new back up battery but the same thing happend 10 mins after he left the house, I called him & he told me that it should not be the panic light that is coming on as it is not connect but it is the panic light that is coming on, The panel is on the wall next to our kitchen door & 2 days ago when my wife closed the door the alarm went off several days earlier my daughter opened the door & the alarm went off but a few times it has went off when no one is anywere near it. Any ideas would be greatfully recived.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Service Engineer Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 Sounds like you have an intermittant TAMPER fault. Possibly on the door contact or panel itself, is there any alarm cabling under the carpet in your hallway..? ........................................................ Dave Partridge (Romec Service Engineer) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nova-Security Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 Sounds like it could be the factory fitted staple, they oxidize after a couple of years, the best thing would be to get a good company to have a look at it. Try here http://www.thesecurityinstaller.co.uk/secu...lice_area.shtml www.nova-security.co.uk www.nsiapproved.co.uk No PMs please unless i know you or you are using this board with your proper name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARJ Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 Sounds like it could be the factory fitted staple, they oxidize after a couple of years, the best thing would be to get a good company to have a look at it.Try here http://www.thesecurityinstaller.co.uk/secu...lice_area.shtml 57967[/snapback] Thats where I'd start. Possibly a loose terminal on the PA circuit. Vibration from shutting the adjacent door causing the linked out circuit to momentarily break. - Get the engineer back to fit a new link across the circuit ARJ A nearly retired previous installer ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Service Engineer Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 I had the engineer back to the house who fitted it for me & he fitted a new back up battery I had assumed that the installer would have checked out loose panel connections whilst inside the panel. Surely he didn't just turn up, change the battery and go..? ........................................................ Dave Partridge (Romec Service Engineer) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Giles Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 Amazing! since when did a 9448 panic mean bad battery? Was it a recognised company? PG Security Systems Somerset SSAIB Certificate of Merit Installers. www.pgsecurity.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARJ Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 I had assumed that the installer would have checked out loose panel connections whilst inside the panel. Surely he didn't just turn up, change the battery and go..? 57994[/snapback] So would I Dave, but I don't see why a PA indication would be resolved by changing the Battery. A battery Fault would normally show as a Tamper Fault on a Scantronic. - Not even sure if a basic 9448 even monitors the battery without checking a manual ? ARJ A nearly retired previous installer ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Service2u Posted June 22, 2005 Share Posted June 22, 2005 Hi m8 Just as a matter of Course. Get the engineer to remove the PCB and check the Back of the Terminals for Dry Joints. As i had a fault on a panel that was doing this. Regards Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest darkmagi666 Posted June 22, 2005 Share Posted June 22, 2005 Thanks for all the reply's, I told the engineer that it was the panic light that was coming on but he told me that i must be mistaken as the panic alarm is not being used so it cannot go of, He said that it was more probable that i was seeing the tamper light and thought it was the panic light, When he came he changed the battery thinking i had looked at the wrong light, tested the connections were the wires from the pir & door contacts go into the pcb and told me everything was ok then left, The person in question worked for //.National Installer.// when he fitted the alarm for me cash in hand 2 years ago, But thats what happens when you pay cash in hand.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whistle Posted June 22, 2005 Share Posted June 22, 2005 1 of 3 things 1 poor connection on the link wire 2 dry joint on the rear of the pcb 3 faulty panel ( poss try defaulting the NVM) as i have seen alsorts of strange faults from corrupt nvm chips Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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