Re: How to replace battery

["m35603" <m35603@xxxxxxxxx>]

Well, duh, no wonder we couldn't find a battery in the keypad if the
battery is in the main box. LOL!  Would be nice if they'd put this in
the manual for us uneducated ones.

Thanks so much!
Angie


Crash Gordon wrote:
> That's just the keypad, look for the main box...usually in a closet
> somewhere. In the main box you will find either a 12v 7amphour sealed
> lead-acid battery or knowing ADT it will be a 12v 3amphour sealed lead acid
> battery. Find box, go buy new battery and replace it.
>
>
> "m35603" <m35603@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:1167543739.700460.149480@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> | We have a ADT PC5508z alarm system installed in our house. It is not
> | active (i.e., we don't have a contract with ADT) right now. Two days
> | ago, the thing started beeping every few seconds, and by looking
> | through the manual, I figured out that it was a low battery warning.
> | Where in the world is the battery on this thing though? We took the
> | keypad off and there doesn't appear to be a battery in it anywhere. The
> | manual talks about replacing the battery every three years or so, but
> | nowhere can I find anything that tells me where the battery is located.
> | I would appreciate any help I can get. I dont' want to call ADT because
> | we haven't had one in the last two years, so they probably wouldn't
> | want to help us.
> |
> | Thank you very much!
> | Angie
> |