PeterJames

Hi Mike any decent external sounder will replace it, was the system decommissioned when you were not using it?

Its not that simple, we paid just under £1.5k to get our transfered to our new database

Slightly stereotyping using the same wall paper as my local curry house, at least my wallpaper was inspired on Imran's banter comments

Good thinking, you cant buy action man and ninja turtle wallpaper anymore. Is my imagination of your house accurate?

Id have to agree, its either that or your door contacts stopped working

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You were lucky, lets hope your luck is the same when the cpu fails

Couple of used 20 year old keypads that wont be much better than the one you have. I know its easier to just replace the keypad, but I think you could end up exactly where you are now after you have replaced it, only a bit poorer

Good luck finding a replacement keypad they havent made those for 20 years

Your gonna fit in quite nicely here!

when was it last serviced?

LOL he probably would have liked it there

I wont make a penny from giving you advice, the time I spend on here is given up for free. Its not just old though its been powered up and running for the last 15/20 years

Maybe they didnt think that one through completely

Do you have any virtual guns? Its like most things, in its day it probably was good, most here would say the same about the panels we installed 15 years ago. But its tech, and its been switched on for a long time, the longer its on the more warn out its getting. Most of us here have been installing for more years than that panel has been around, and from experience we can say that it will go wrong sooner or later. None of us have a crystal ball, but we all have experience of elderly panels failing at silly o clock in the morning or the day before someone wants to go on holiday. You could just wait till it goes wrong, and hope it fails at a convenient time. Or you could take the advice of experience and plan ahead. Its up to you we dont care either way. If you do decide to upgrade you will benefit from better features like fobs, smart-phone apps, better energy rating, (the panel is using electricity 24/7 old transformers are not as energy efficient as the latest switchmode psu's) and ultimately less false alarms.

One of my engineers moved to SA for a while, his first week as a tech (that's what they're called in SA) there was a tech shot by armed response while up a ladder fixing a bell. Apparently they all have jackets with a big T on the back to try to prevent them getting shot.

Surely its not just the uk that has inspectorates though?

Were the installers you chose accredited ? If so complain to their inspectorate

As this place is full of installers I dont think you will have much luck

Panel is obsolete, and I dont think it was ever prox, I could be wrong I was never a Menvier fan

When I was 17 in R&D I used to work for a company that made surge protectors. the ones that go on overhead cables have real bullets in them, they are put together by hand in a bullet proof box with two hand holes with a bullet proof screen so you can see what your doing. They tested them in a similar box without the hand holes

hi

It hasnt been serviced since 2002, usual story new people move in press the panic button wondering what it is, then dont have a code to switch it off.