Faulty Alarm

[floz]

Hi Guys,

Having an issue with my alarm. It used to set fine but now the unset light is constantly flashing and it makes a different noise when you try and set the alarm.

No idea what type of alarm it is but have 2 pictures. Which i can't post because it won't let me add links until 10 posts.

 
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I appreciate without the picks it isn't much to go on!
 

 

[alpha spark]

Sounds like you have a tamper fault could be a number of things

 

[Doc Hudson]

Welcome to the forum. When was the battery last replaced, most manufactures recommend a 5 or 6 year life span for sealed lead acid rechargeable that are typically used inside alarm panels. Faulty battery can cause strange symptoms.

Doc H.

 

[Andy™]

well if its a texecom, then it will do that on mains failure

 

[floz]

Its probably never had the battery replaced to be fair. House was built in 07 and i've been here for over a year now. Any idea how I could diagnose the issue?

 

[Richard-the-Ninth]

Open the panel and see what make model it is. That is the panel, not the keypad. But I have to almost agree, an old standby battery can cause problems, and if its a Yuasa battery its life is 5 years if its powersonic its life is about "10 minutes"

 

[Badger]

i reckon its the battery issue as suggested prob flat,

 

[SLIPSHOD & SLAPDASH]

i reckon its the battery issue as suggested prob flat,

Or fat

http://talk.electricianforum.co.uk/topic/25227-what-shape-should-a-battery-be/#entry343803

 

[batty]

You always know the householders that don't maintain there alarms when there is a power cut they go off in tandem.

 

[SLIPSHOD & SLAPDASH]

Oh how i laugh when there is a power cut & half a dozen alarms start ringing :|

 

[floz]

So would a way to test it be to trip the power on the fuse socket and see if the alarm goes off?

 

[Andy™]

You always know the householders that don't maintain there alarms when there is a power cut they go off in tandem.

my record is 4 callouts in 1 night (large area had a power cut). would have been 5, but i ran out of batteries...

 

[batty]

You can but if its not working properly anyway that may not work. I would imagine battery needs changing anyway as its 7 years old. 

 

[SLIPSHOD & SLAPDASH]

I got 12 years out of my own one   O)