How to shut my house alarm up?
We bought a house with an alarm system already fitted - unfortunately the previous occupants were deceased and the house was empty so we had no instructions for it except the code. Anyway the alarm panel randomly beeps every so often, generally during the middle of the night. The problem is the contract for the alarm expired many years ago, theres no manual with the alarm and the company who fitted it want an extortianate amount to come out and look at it. Someone on their help line said "its probably the battery", but that was all. I know they probably have us over a barrell, but would this battery be in a sensor and could we replace it? The panel looks pretty tamper proof (ie theres no obvious screws to be able to take it off) but we are at the stage where we would just like to take a sledgehammer to it. To be fair if I could cut the wires to the loudspeaker on the box outside (ive had the cover off and although thats a bit noisey it looks fairly straightforward) then I would put a hammer thru the control panel! We dont really have any need for the alarm as we never remember to switch it on anyway plus our neighbours are great at keeping an eye on the place, most of them being retired. Anybody got any ideas of switching the alarm system off? I know perhaps its not knowledge that should be in the public domain, but the things driving us nuts BUT we dont want to pay a company over a hundred quid to come out and switch of their product in our house which we dont want.
or disconect battery and mains power serply
or failing that disconect mains suply and put up with the noise for a few hours
- in fact there does look to be some slots around the top and bottom. As for a control box - theres some sort of metal box on the wall in my daughters bedroom. Removing it from the mains should be tackled by an electrician though? Or is it a simple matter of flicking a switch?
Nothing that really gives away a model number Im afraid.
Don't ring a an electrician, ring a specialist alarm installer. For a fee of about £40 he will replace the battery and perform a service to make sure all of the sensors are working.
aint it one of those specialist alarms tho thats useless without the subscription? think all the op wants is it disarming.
its the bit outside, but take a photo of the metal box too
Manual, will let you read to find the problem
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The thing is if theres phone line trouble surely zone 4 would flash indicating it cannot communicate with the central station? Which sort of indicates its intermittant. However my internets on pretty much all the time and I dont see connection issues corresponding to when the warnings going on the panel.
What I would really like is to silence the panel. The alarm itself doesnt go off much, just the bleeding panel.
Thats not a bad idea, only problem is it was years ago and the guy who had it done has passed on. Wonder if BT would do anything about it given those circumstances.
Yes thats what I'd like to do.
Is it as easy as taking out the in-line fuse and then getting into the control box and removing a battery? Of course I will have to find the keys to the box first... never actually seen any here but there must be some somewhere.