Re: HELP WITH DSC 2500 NO SIREN

["Stanley Barthfarkle" <sbarth@xxxxxxxxx>]

"Allan Waghalter" <awaghalter@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Try removing the wires to your siren and connecting them directly across
> the battery.  If the siren is good, it will work.  If it clicks, you have
> a speaker and not a siren.  To test the alarm for function, put a volt
> meter across the terminals where you removed the siren wires and activate
> the alarm.  You should get 12 volts or so.  If you have voltage, then the
> siren is bad.
>
> Yes, any name brand 4 wire smoke will be fine.
>
> Allan



That's a good way to trash a speaker.