PeterJames

Not sure you would, I think faced with fix an old system for lots of dosh, versus new system for lots of dosh, even the most tightest amongst us will go for the latter

You need to call the installer Gent is closed protocol

Thanks Rich, TBF it may be every two years we buy one, its not me that deals with that I just roughly know what we do. Ill check that we dont buy one every year now though. That said theyre only about £30 from CPC

We purchased a calibration test kit and test our own meters for calibration yearly, and we by a new meter each year with a calibration certificate to test our meters against. The old meters we test for calibration and then use them as spares or replacement for failed meters.

Swap the contact with another one if the fault moves with the contact its faulty

A photo would be useful your description could be just about anything

Its all Greek to me, Welcome to the forum George

Sounds like the service timer is on

Ta ... I got distracted Eastenders was on

What do you have at the detectors?

www.nsi.org.uk and www.ssiab.com these are the inspectorates for the industry. you can search using your postcode on the websites. My advice would be to pick three companies, and then choose the company you feel most with which is not necessarily the cheapest.

Only people that work in this trade go around looking at bell boxes and stuff, nobody else does it not even the burglars

Not yet, they work via a secure cloud. Its not impossible to hack but I am not so certain it would be so easy, you would need to know what alarm panel someone has for starters. With cars you know what brand already.

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

Super glue 3 for punctures

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.