PeterJames

Why not look at a system that works with an app on your phone, far better than a handheld button system

Those that have complied with the requirements for trade will be upgraded soon, we're just waiting for the results from your stool samples.

I must admit, the first 5 years my life was work, work, work, and I missed a bit of family life. I made up for it with holidays, and I did read my kids a bedtime story most nights though

Nope, but assuming I had a bit of experience of running a business for someone else, I would definitely remortgage and buy another established approved company (from scratch) I think its by far the easiest way to start.

Have you ever had to call out a trades person recently? Most of them are so unreliable its untrue, when you find someone that turns up when he say's he is going to, does the job as he say's he is going to, and charges what he say's he is going to charge, you tend to hang on to him. Personally, although I recognise there is a market for budget I try to steer clear it often costs more than I make out of it, and I end up fighting for every call-out, so much so I do not renew contracts on the customers that dont value the service I provide. We have mostly large domestics and commercial customers most who need an approved co in order to get insurance. We do have many smaller customers too nearly all of them recognise the value of an accredited company. It costs more to run an accredited company, but the benefits for the customer outweighs the cost, many people would rather pay a little more and have the service they would expect. Of course I am not saying that every one man band is unreliable, no more than I am saying that every NSI Gold company is reliable and honest, what I am saying is being accredited affords me to run my business to provide value for my staff and customers

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Welcome and Hi

Welcome and hi

Some of us install quite a bit of automation and take safety very seriously, and some of us install a couple of gates and get to go to Italy for the weekend!

There's a clue in the name

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The mains is constantly charging the battery and the battery is what is powering your system, if the mains fails the battery continues to power your system. Depending on the current being drawn by your system and the size of the battery, it should last anything between 6 and 12 hours. Professional installers will use a multimeter to find out what current is being drawn, and calculate what size battery is required to provide a minimum of 12 hours standby.

Yes

Why else would you have a battery in the bell?

I am saying the bell box is designed to sound if someone cuts the cable. So if you remove either the 12v or Negative going to the bell the bell should ring

I saved £400 on a new set of tyres for my car by simply painting a tread on the old bald ones. they seem a bit slippy when it rains though?

Self actuating bell or Sounder if its SAS. The point is if it rings when you remove the hold off it is working as it should, Its designed so that should a burglar crow bar the bell off the wall and cut the wire it doesnt stop the sounder from operating.

At the panel take out the 12v or Negative feeding the bell

What happens when you diss the hold off

Sort of, experience and abilities go a long way, SSAIB and NSI silver are similar NSI Gold is a different animal all together. Your abilities will make a difference to what you can go for. What is your experience though? Installer? management? security guard?

What experience do you have?

This panel is most likely DIY so you will struggle to find a good company that would take it on. But if the cabling and detectors are good then try www.nsi.org.uk or ssiab.co.uk you can search by postcode and these companies are professional, the bonus of them being approved is if they do let you down then you can complain to their inspectorate

Hi and welcome, I am not familiar with the panel, but you cannot silence keypads on most systems. My advice would be to disconnect the basement keypad at the panel. You can disable the led on most pirs there is normally a link in the detector. When was the system last serviced? Have you changed the battery in the last 7 years?

Good luck with that

Hi Lee Welcome to the forum, what sort of experience do you have as an installer?