Re: Powering off networx alarm security command panel?

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Allan,
My brother figured it out. About a year and half ago when i moved in, i
had originally wanted phone service(analog line) and my brother waited
for the technician to arrive while i was at work. The technician told
him to setup a code for the alarm. However, he never told me that and i
subsequently never did sign up for alarm monitoring so it got lost by
the wayside. My brother finally realized late last night about it and
we punched the code and it finally disarmed.

Before that, i actually  removed the panel from the wall along with the
red(positive), black(negative) wires, as well as the 3rd wire, but the
power  still did not disabled. So i went to GE's website to look for
similar model since the model was never posted on the panel itself. All
it did was give me functions to cancel, bypass, etc. However, it did
have a picture of a big box(central power for security unit(?)), so i
looked for that box in the closets but never found it. I even thought
that my Home Director box was part of it, but it turned out to only be
for cable and computer network wiring. Finally, I tried to just remove
the alarm speaker, but it was tightly secured to the wall.

Oh well. Live and learn i guess. I still cannot find the exact pdf
manual on GE's website for my security unit though. Thanks for the help
Allan.

Allan Waghalter wrote:
> I apologize for the rude response you received from what appears to be a
> legitimate question from a novice.  Your request is to simply power the unit
> down.  Quite easy.
> 1.  Open the alarm panel (in the closet)
> 2.  Locate the terminals marked "AC " below the telephone connection and
> below the terminal marked "ground".  Remove one of the wires from under the
> terminal, not both, and put a piece of electrical tape on it to prevent it
> from shorting anything else.
> 3.  Locate the battery.  It is big and looks somewhat like a small car
> battery.  Remove one lead, not both and your job is done.  The alarm is dead
> in the water.
>
> If  you can see where the panel's transformer is, you can unplug that from
> the wall and avoid having to remove wires from the terminals themselves
> (step 2).
> Regards,
> and have a good weekend!
> Allan
>
>
> <luvtopost@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:1152880557.518422.103940@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Not a troll. If you don't have a useful suggestion, then don't respond.
> > Stanley Barthfarkle wrote:
> >> > How do you power it off? There is no power button. I accidentally set
> >> > it on and can't get it to disarm, so when i open my door of house, it
> >> > goes off for like 10 minutes and i can't get it to stop on my own. The
> >> > alarm goes off, but the red armed light is blinking. I'm afraid to open
> >> > my door since it will go off again. I tried to go to the alarm speaker
> >> > to shut it off but can't pull the cover off the wall. It is tough. I
> >> > don't see a power button to shut off the Networx command panel. I don't
> >> > know why this is happening since i don't actually have service for this
> >> > security system. So how do i just power it off completely? Thanks a
> >> > bunch.
> >>
> >>
> >> This one pegged my Troll-O-Meter... I think it's broken now.
> >