luggsey Posted February 28, 2009 Posted February 28, 2009 Most will try and sell you a new system, at ten+ years old it really is worth thinking of an upgrade TBH. Oh Alarmguard, where have you gone....... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Life is like a box of chocolates, some bugger always gets the nice ones! My Amateur Radio Forum
Terry Posted February 28, 2009 Author Posted February 28, 2009 Most will try and sell you a new system, at ten+ years old it really is worth thinking of an upgrade TBH. Thanks, anyone else feels a 10+ yrs old system warrants an upgrade.
Guest old-hand Posted February 28, 2009 Posted February 28, 2009 Thanks, anyone else feels a 10+ yrs old system warrants an upgrade. Depends, does it work. Still have police response? Why fix something that works?
james.wilson Posted February 28, 2009 Posted February 28, 2009 personally id say this imo 10 tys is about the expected life of a system. The following commenst would also assume it was a system installed and serviced by us as an example. however if its contract and has been serviced regually then its the maints companys problem if any part fails I wouldnt just upgrade something that was passing service checks with ease and working 100%. But if it was a high rsk site then maybe i would. But no to generalise i couldnt say that a 10 yr system automatically needed an upgrade. Having said all that it could all be had it (ie poor kit) and was past it when it was 3 year old. securitywarehouse Security Supplies from Security Warehouse Trade Members please contact us for your TSI vetted trade discount.
Terry Posted February 28, 2009 Author Posted February 28, 2009 Depends, does it work. Yes Still have police response? No - not a PD6662 and never have been monitored before Why fix something that works? I am thinking, new facilities (like Proximity readers, LCD screens telling you in English what's happening, better security level, adding a smoke detector to alarm system, police monitoring option, and finally to avoid waiting till we really have to replace the system) I am just thinking loud here personally id say thisimo 10 tys is about the expected life of a system. The following commenst would also assume it was a system installed and serviced by us as an example. however if its contract and has been serviced regually then its the maints companys problem if any part fails I wouldnt just upgrade something that was passing service checks with ease and working 100%. But if it was a high rsk site then maybe i would. But no to generalise i couldnt say that a 10 yr system automatically needed an upgrade. Having said all that it could all be had it (ie poor kit) and was past it when it was 3 year old. Well, the system has never been maintained to be honest, and naturally the battery is dead. But, in all fairness the system never caused us any problems (except ofcourse when we get a power cut, cause of the battery issue).
y-i-out-of-bed Posted March 1, 2009 Posted March 1, 2009 hi if you want a good system then castle euro one easy for end user and sms to mobi (with digi arm card) and in as much info as you bare to recive eg zone area, set, unset, power fail, tampers, user setting/unseting ect ect this will also fastcom to arc, I have older unit in my house the euro meridian 44 and was second hand euro one retale at around
james.wilson Posted March 1, 2009 Posted March 1, 2009 if you want a cerifictae then you have no choice but to replace. If you had one before then its still valid, and can be serviced on that cert. Its difficult as we have no real idea what you have, who installe dit, was it approved etc securitywarehouse Security Supplies from Security Warehouse Trade Members please contact us for your TSI vetted trade discount.
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