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Hi: Yes you can remove the fuse from the spur at the side of the controls. Unfortunately this will set your alarm off, as it did when the mains failed. Do you have the Engineer reset code or just the User code ?. When you remove the box lid to change the battery, this should cause a tamper fault. On some alarms this can only be reset with the Engineer code.

That's the set I used to have Mr H, good bit of kit.

Maybe mate, think James was helping him out but the guy stopped posting.

Hi: The post you replied to is some 10 years old now, so doubt you'll get a response. Panel schematics were never issued to the trade by manufacturers only Installer and user manuals, if your trying to repair the panel for re-use you could be leaving yourself open to prosecution if it fails in the event of a fire.

Hi: Isn't this the exact same question you asked on April 10th ?

Hi Al: Just PM'd you. Hey norm: Can't blame Peter mate, he's innocent .

On small installs it's not too much of a problem doing it the old way but on bigger stuff it used to be a pain.

Yeah I can't say I'd want to go back to the old days of belling cables out, especially on large installs. Too much like hard work . Most of the time I'm pretty good at marking up cables on 1st fix, but when your rushing to do a site things get missed. That's when the tracer is a godsend .

What, you mean when those lovely plasterers chop your cables ? Or decide it'll be great fun to move them from where you put them ?. On one big site we were doing, they had overnight security to stop theft etc. But our cables & the sparks cables were still getting chopped, so we rigged up 2 cameras in one block that had just been 1st fixed. Caught the bloody security guard Red handed chopping cables. I don't use mine that often, cos I'm a good boy & always label my cables .

Yes mate, at the price I couldn't say no. You know yourself they're not something we use every day, but can be very useful. The test-um is too expensive to be knocking about in the bag day in & day out, so if you pardon the pun: the Ideal will be, well ideal & also apparently functions like a sort of mini butt set.

Take a look at the Ideal or Test-um ranges, both excellent value for money. Think Test-um is under the JDSU brand now, a few used Ideal sets on eBay at the moment for very little money. I bought an Ideal abs set today as a Toolbag set for £15 brand new. As James said, there are cheaper sets about. They actually Start about £10 for a Chinese made set.

In case anyone is interested, the tone generator is the TG200 & the probe is the TT100. The generator can apparently send a signal up to 2Km, never tried it at that but certainly works up to about 700m.

Can't find anywhere in the UK selling them so far, looks a good unit though. Yep certainly gets some funny looks. Strange how many ask to borrow them, once they see the kit in action. Used to have the ideal kit, but that went at the same time as the butt phone. The test-um is great for bigger sites as well.

Can't find anywhere in the UK selling them so far, looks a good unit though.

Thanks, will check it out. I've got the test-um high power toner & probe kit, that's been a really good bit of kit.

Bit of a late reply buddy, the post is 13 years old

Ok, now that makes more sense if your an alarm collector.

Have to ask: Why would you want to connect an alarm that old back up ?

Anti Brexit mate . No seriously though: All the panel fuses are quick blow.

Hi & welcome. If I remember correctly on your alarm, there's 3 Fuses across the bottom of the board. You've probably blown the middle one F3, it's a 1 amp 20mm glass fuse.

Must admit I was using a fax machine myself until it packed up a few weeks back & never had any complaints.

It is all made to spec al, it's just nobody knows what spec . To be fair, I have had some good well made stuff from China in the past. It's not all cheap tat.

Nice choice .

The point of this forum is that we help and advise people, which if you care to read the forum we have done for thousands of people over the years. You were given the advice you asked for, as you have been whenever you've asked a question. Unfortunately that doesn't suit what you want to hear. If you care to do a forum Search, you'll find that your questions have been answered many times in the past.

I didn't say I was unwilling to help, I gave you advice "Call a local Installer" you seem to miss the point. Your asking for advice on what panel is best, because local installers will give you different advice. So will we, we all have our preferred equipment. Whether that be Honeywell, Pyronix, Texecom etc. So your really in the same boat. If you ask most professional installers to compare what they specified with what someone on a forum has suggested, they'll walk out the door.