Re: New House Alarm - Am I locked out?

[I brive a dus <alarminstall@xxxxxxx>]

On Apr 19, 1:38 pm, jasonext...@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> On Apr 19, 11:51 am, "Apu Inmypants" <A...@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > "I brive a dus" <alarminst...@xxxxxxx> wrote in messagenews:1176997547.098544.143710@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> > > He also said they were based out of PA and the company name is
> > > Guardian.
>
> >http://www.alarms4me.com/
>
> > dis da perp?
>
> I'm not sure who the exact installer was as they didn't leave a card
> or anything, but that company is an authorized dealer for my
> monitoring company.  The website for Guardian ishttp://www.guardianprotection.com/
> . It is them that I've had difficulty with.  They used Guardian-
> branded First Alert keypads (or at least did at the time my alarm was
> installed).  After my treatment so far, there's no way I'd ever use
> them for monitoring, so don't worry about that.  At some point I'll
> probably hook it up to a monitoring company, but probably not for
> awhile.  Perhaps I'll leave everything as it is for now and replace it
> with a modern system in a year or so.  I'm just finding it hard to
> justify a $150 expenditure on old hardware that few people are going
> to have experience with.  It's a tough decision.
>
> Honestly, there's no way I can go after these guys.  While they say on
> the phone that I own the system, I have no proof that's indeed the
> case.  The word of some rep on the phone wouldn't hold up in any
> court, so that's not the way to go.  I'm going  to try again in a
> little while to get them to change their minds and come out and fix
> the thing.  If I pay them for their time to make the change I simply
> don't see what the big deal is.  Maybe I can get a hold of someone
> more sympathetic.
>
> As for the smoke detectors, these particular units do have 9V backup
> batteries in them.  There are two separate cables coming out of them,
> so I think one goes back to the alarm and one to the house's breaker
> panel (can't tell for sure, breaker and alarm are 4" apart and covered
> with insulation).  I'll try the posted method tonight to ensure that
> they'll work without the alarm enabled.  The house is not currently
> inhabited, so there's no immediate risk.  I'll make sure that's taken
> care of before we move in for sure.

Ok Where are you located?