Re: [OT] DA / Abacus Burglar Alarms

["Neil Fuller" <neil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Steve

The battery has probably died. Chances are, if you replace the battery, all
will be OK.

If you do replace the battery, when you turn the unit on, be sure to check
the charging volts to be certain it's not a PSU fault.

HTH

Regards

Neil
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Morgan" <smorgo@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, August 07, 2004 7:34 AM
Subject: [ukha_d] [OT] DA / Abacus Burglar Alarms


> We have an Abacus 8R burglar alarm made by DA Detection Systems. It
was
> installed in the house when we moved in.
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> At 4:40 this morning, it very kindly sounded the internal siren to
tell me
> there was a power problem. Which there wasn't.
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> At 5:40 it did the very same.
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> At 5:45 it did the same again.
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> I noticed that the case for the control panel was pretty hot. I opened
it
up
> and disconnected the battery which was itself hot.
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> I'm assuming that it's developed some kind of power supply fault. Any
idea
> where I can get any advice or support? (I can't afford to replace it
with
> Comfort, BTW).
>
> Cheers,
> Steve
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