Guest Stewart S Posted January 6, 2006 Posted January 6, 2006 Dear all, New to the site and looking to be pointed in the right direction. The story so far is......... Just moved into a new house (that old chestnut!) with a fitted alarm and found to our dimay that the alarm was misbehaving when we were away from the house. 3 false alarms in 2 weeks. Pardon the pun but alarm bells should have been ringing when we got the keys as the system wasn't actually active on entering the house. Anyway, the system is a DA Systems Abacus 6 and while it's no longer on a maintainence contract, it was fitted by (and at one time maintained by) a well known national alrm company. The previous owner had been kind enough to leave us an operators manual but no engineering manual. A call to said company ended up with me being held to a
Guest Alarm Guard Posted January 6, 2006 Posted January 6, 2006 You need to take the reading between the 12v (hol+) terminal and the 0 volt terminal. The Bell terminal only gives a reading if the bell is activated
Nova-Security Posted January 6, 2006 Posted January 6, 2006 SAB - 1.082Vdc ??????? (and yes, I did check where the decimal point was!) Thats about right when the 'Warning Device' ( got to get used to new terminolgy) Bell to most, is not operating as Alarm Guard stated the rest. www.nova-security.co.uk www.nsiapproved.co.uk No PMs please unless i know you or you are using this board with your proper name.
Guest Posted January 6, 2006 Posted January 6, 2006 A call to said company ended up with me being held to a
Guest Cerberus NI Posted January 6, 2006 Posted January 6, 2006 Hello & welcome to the real world, are you thinking you get an engineer for 20 quid???? All together - "Get a professional in"!!!!
Guest Alarm Guard Posted January 6, 2006 Posted January 6, 2006 All together - "Get a professional in"!!!! He tried that... and was put off. He seems a very polite, quite lucid individual, and he did speak to an alarm Co. first I think the Co. he spoke to just didn't have a very good panel side manner...
Guest Cerberus NI Posted January 6, 2006 Posted January 6, 2006 He tried that... and was put off. He seems a very polite, quite lucid individual, and he did speak to an alarm Co. first I think the Co. he spoke to just didn't have a very good panel side manner... No,I agree - I was just waiting for the chorus to start (or has everyone took a New Years Resolution to see if they can help first!).
Chris Teague Posted January 6, 2006 Posted January 6, 2006 Mate, post your location and someone on here will probably be able to help, poss take the system over (if you are happy with a bells only non monitored system) and offer you on going maintenance. All for a lot less than you were quoted. Ab 6 panel not bad for an audible only system Why not consider an upgrade? THIS LINK may help you THIS ONE AND THIS will also help if you want an approved inspectorate installer say for Police response, but you'll find many just as good non approved firms that will look after you with a bells only system. Regards Chris Chris Teague (Sales & Operations Manager) Sightguard Intruder Division Covering the Isle of Wight: - Design, Installation, Maintenance & Takeover of Intruder Alarms, Fire Alarms & Equipment, CCTV, Access Control, Nursecall. Keyholding Service, Guarding & Cash in Transit. SSAIB & NICEIC Registered Tel 01983 884000 / 884440 Any comments / opinions posted could be the voices in my head speaking, but they are my opinion only and do not represent those of my employer or Company
Lectrician Posted January 7, 2006 Posted January 7, 2006 Sounds like if he measured the voltage in the correct place inside the SAB, all would be well. Quick test would be to remove the +HO in the panel, an see if the SAB operates well from it's battery. Email : martin@askthetrades.co.uk
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