Re: 832 power trouble - low batt. error again.

["mikey" <loismustdie@xxxxxxxx>]

ooops sorry... thought nobody answered this guy

"mikey" <loismustdie@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:...
> What do you mean continuously? Does the low battery restore and then fault
> again?
> Old building? What's the electricity like? I wonder if the panel maybe
> doesn't have enough
> to work with and can't keep the batteries above the 11.8V (or whatever)
> threshold
>
> "Impalpable" <spdb66@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:1133383336.500533.29030@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > have a power 832 system that I worked on a eight months ago.  The
> > system worked fine for 3 months then gave a low battery error
> > continuously.  I changed the battery thinking the battery might have
> > gone bad (old battery).  That didn't solve the problem.  I had heard
> > of the bridge going bad on 832's and giving that error falsely.  I
> > had them order a new board and I replaced it yesterday.  The error went
> >
> > away. Today I checked in to make sure everything was good and the
> > trouble light was on again.  I checked it and sure enough it said
> > "Low Battery".  I have tried two batteries and two boards now.  The
> > non-profit that I am helping with this can't really afford to keep
> > buying parts.  Anyone know what might be causing this mess?  They have
> > a dial in module, printer module, and autodialer all on the system.
> > Might the devices be drawing too much power from the system ?  Someone
> > recommended a bigger battery, but I wouldn't think that would solve it
> > since the power is not going out.  This happens when the system is
> > plugged in and no power event have occured.  Thanks all.
> >
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