Re: DSC PC5010 Battery Low Error

["mikee" <jettset@xxxxxxx>]

I was also thinking of just removing all Aux. term connections, and
then power up the 5010 and hook up the battery and then wait and see if
it charges back up.
If it did I would  connect one device at a time to see what effects it
may have on the battery.  What do you think about that approach?


Crash Gordon wrote:
> What kind of battery?
> You still need to measure your current draw on aux...see different part of
> this thread.
> Some device is probably overdrawing your aux power.
>
> "mikee" <jettset@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:1157300408.524351.24380@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> | Frank is right there is no pot or fuses on board for adjustment.  The
> | battery terminals (without Battery connected) is 13.6 VDC.  The battery
> | itself is 12.1 VDC,  There are 3 devices connected to the Aux.
> | terminals.  I just bought the battery about 1 month ago.
> |
> |
> | Frank Olson wrote:
> | > G. Morgan wrote:
> | > > On 2 Sep 2006 07:19:37 -0700, "mikee" <jettset@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> | > >
> | > >
> | > >>I have been stumped on this for a long time.  A while back, my keypad
> | > >>gave me an error message, battery low.  I had changed my battery for a
> | > >>new one and the error went away.  Exactly 1 week later the error
> | > >>message came back up.  I checked the battery, and it was down to 10
> | > >>volts.   Not soon afterwards my board went bad.  I had my alarm
> | > >>installer replace my board with a new one.  I had hooked up my battery
> | > >>to a battery charger that I had and charged it back up to 13 volts.  I
> | > >>placed the battery back in the cabinet,  again exactly one week later
> I
> | > >>had the low battery light come on again.  At that point, I thought my
> | > >>transformer might be on the blink, so I bought a new DSC transformer.
> | > >>I had taken the battery out again and recharged it on a battery
> charger
> | > >>again.  I put it back in. again exactly one week later the low battery
> | > >>light came on again.  I thought at this point that my battery may have
> | > >>been screwed up from charging it on a seperate battery charging unit,
> | > >>I went ahead and bought a new battery again.   I now have a new PC5010
> | > >>board, a new transformer, and a new battery,  one week later the
> | > >>battery low error popped up again!!,  I checked the VAC on the leds
> | > >>coming from the PC5010 board and I get about 13.5 volts.  I checked
> the
> | > >>battery itself and I get 10 volts, I connect the leads to the battery,
> | > >>and I get a total of 10 volts.
> | > >>
> | > >>What the hell is going on here?  why can't I get this damm thing
> | > >>charged??  please help!!
> | > >
> | > >
> | > >
> | > > You need to check the VDC coming from the battery leads out of the
> | > > panel (without batt. connected)  to check charging voltage, NOT VAC.
> | > > It needs to be about 13.8VDC.  If it's zero than replace the batt.
> | > > fuse, if it's low there is a trim pot on the board to adjust it up.
> | > >
> | >
> | >
> | > There are no "fuses" on the 5010.  And they've done away with the trim
> | > pot in favour of a "dynamic charger".
> |