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It looks like it's been wired in Cat5 should be "Intruder alarm cable BS4737-3.30:2015" preferably Type 2 or better, which is stranded. Solid cables are not designed for alarm systems as they can break causing intermittent faults.

Scantronics will give you both wired and wireless solution , enforcer I personally think more complicated If you use FSL on the zone selection you will know which wires are faulty to an extent , and you can always put wireless in those locations

Ah I see. I can't rewire it easily. It's an apartment so the the bell box is wired all the way to the outside. What cable am I supposed to use to wire this ?

Wonder if it's two man call out plus Turkish kebab , McDonald's for you tho

Wow, congratulations you two.

Yeah happy Christmas all

It's not wired in the correct cable, nothing is worth saving in this case as we say. If your not going to rewire it, you'll have to go full wireless which will be new everything.

Thanks you. If I go with scantronics or enforcer, do the pir or bell box need changing? Honeywell said the bell box will be fine.... No guarantee on pir units

No, but I'm due in SW6 next Monday ish...

Batteries not included. Merry Christmas to all that celebrate it and those that dont, happy holidays and would you mind covering a callout in central london for me tomorrow?

No flex20 app future will give you headache Better scantronics ion40 for DIY has free app for now

Buy a dog ? I'd go Enforcer as you've noting worth saving

Yes, all installers However the people ringing up today deserve a jolly good slap

I think so. Looking at galaxy flex 20. Does anyone have any recommendations?

What about risco installers?

Its that time of year when its peace on earth & goodwill to all men* *exceptions apply

Better replace the system , ultimately...

Is this a good replacement option ? https://www.4electrical.co.uk/shop/security/security-alarms/lcd-keypad-security-alarm-8-zones-250-event-memory-2-1ah-battery-200x253x55mm/1066876170

Wants rewiring anyway it's not been wired in the correct cable and there's only 2 zones so I'd start again if I was working on it.

Thank you for the reply. Admittedly I have not had it serviced. I have power cycled it and I don't seem to get any further. The battery is a like foe like replacement from what was there. It is working as the alarm stays on when I kill the power. If the PSU is shot what is a good like for like replacement where the cabling will be the same so I don't need to replace pirs or bell box

A decent quality battery would be an improvement but if it's not been serviced correctly and on time the psu is probably shot. You could try power cycling it but at least put a decent battery in it

The alarm in my house is just not working. The spanner light is on and I am unable to reset it. The system is about 10 years old. I replace the battery on the unit as I thought that was the issue. No luck. It will let me enter numbers but none of the other buttons will do anything other than give the sound suggestion it's the wrong action. As I said, if I put the master code in, it's not taking it. I would be very grateful if anyone help me understand the issue?

The sim is not provided by Risco.

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