Steve Pritchard

Thanks, totally agree on the cordless, we have chainsaw and strimmer- hedge-trimmer is in the legacy garden tool set. But the single best garden tool is the robot mower! There were two small glass fuses side by side - not the main one on the incoming, both small fuses were 0.25a

Thanks again for the detailed response. I’m ‘guessing’ that the fuse may have blown when the ground floor circuit breaker tripped when my better half cut through the hedge trimmer cable on Sunday morning (Something else to fix) I don’t know for sure of course. I’m not sure why the LCDs fail as generally in my experience if driven correctly LCD circuits have a very long life. It is quite warm to the touch which may be a factor. feeling a lot more positive after a nights uninterrupted sleep ? Yes the system is wireless, I’ve replaced all the sender batteries, cleaned all the accumulated spider remains and other **** from the contacts. To be honest if I can prove that the alarm works with pets - or can be configured/reconfigured to do so I would be happy to pay an annual maintenance to get a reduction in home insurance (or to see if the cost of one is worth the cost of the other) I’ve just installed ip cameras around the property which work very well the biggest pain being running and making up the Ethernet cabling. But I was thinking if I could get alarm and cameras integration that would be a worthy goal. I recognise that the existing alarm will likely not be fit for purpose.

I’m having problems sourcing a suitable flux capacitor but, I if I do....

Thanks for your helpful and constructive response. Firstly, the company were not random, they were the closest to my house and therefore in my (proven wrong) opinion were maybe the likeliest to turn up given that at the time I called them all I had an alarm I wasn’t using going off every hour the night and was not sure what the options were. Secondly - in parallel I was exploring the route I needed to go down to fix the alarm as we had always wanted to use the alarm but as it had been triggered by our cats we stopped setting it. In researching broken alarms I found a wealth of helpful information some of which led me to believe I should give it another go and therefore fixing it might make sense although replacing the entire thing may be more cost effective. I restore HiFi amplifiers and components in my spare time and never ‘poke around’ with meters , I would suggest that you probably should avoid that as well, you will find it’s not good for you or the things you are ‘poking’ The alarm now seems to be working, I had to replace the main battery, two sensor batteries and a 0.25a fuse. I can at least set and trigger it both with sensors and anti-tamper switches Risco have provided me with a source for a keypad as well as advising which type I required. I have also tracked down the original installer whose company unfortunately closed after a family death. My aim will be to get it all working then get it checked and under an annual maintenance contract. I do however enjoy repairing things myself I’m not sure which of ‘buying batteries’, ‘taking the keypad apart’ ,’poking things with a meter’ and ‘calling installers’ led you to believe I hadn’t made my mind up as I thought it was perfectly clear- I was seeking help/guidance from the forum which was why I posted in the first place.

Thanks Peter, detectors are all in ceiling corners and most ceilings are 10am so I doubt it. admittedly the issue arose when we first moved in and had two kittens that could climb curtains- they are not so adventurous now, but we stopped using the alarm. we called the company whose sticker was on the wall unit- they went bust in March... As far as programming goes, I respect your advice. I have a battery coming tomorrow, I’ve dropped am email to gardtec about which controller to get and where from- we shall see if they reply

Thanks Peter, the alarm was in the house when we purchased it, again good advice re: a pet friendly solution. I’ve disconnected the speaker and removed the battery. At the moment a buzzer is sounding in the keypad on the hour, but it is at a manageable volume. it looks like the unit is wired into the circuit the downstairs sockets so I need to disconnect that from the breaker box. I called a local ‘pro’ this morning and arranged a visit to look at the key pad, he never showed, so it looks like I I’ll be trying to sort that myself. I’m assuming that it is ‘4-wire’ as that is how many are connected up at the main controller. i’ve been reading about pet friendly sensors as well so just drawing up a list of what I might need. from what I’m seeing the unit is old and there are much newer/better things out there that look easier to install

Yes, well as I said, we were not using the alarm as it was not pet friendly, I did not realise it was slowly self destructing and would eventually fail into an irritating hourly alarm.but, yes I ‘get’ your recommendation and we’re we using the said alarm would indeed be following up on it

Hi all, The internal sounder for my Gardtec 595 started sounding at 11pm last night and whilst I could stop it by entering the code, within an hour it was sounding again. we haven’t used the alarm for some time as we discovered our cats could set it off. I’ve also discovered that the LCD screen has become unreadable since I last used the alarm. Now it’s Monday morning, I’m sleep deprived and am looking for advice. so far I’ve opened up the control panel and wall box. the large np3.4-12 battery in the wall box is only reading 10.8 v so I suspect that is the problem. Ordering one of this is fine, but the LCD panel is more of a problem as I’m not sure where to find one. I’ve included a picture which may help all- advice gratefully received. regards. Steve