Re: ademco 5241 repair

[Jim <alarminex@xxxxxxx>]

On Aug 10, 9:14?am, "Crash Gordon" <webmas...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Cool!...and it's holding up in this heat for all these years out in a shed?
> amazing
>
> "Bob in Phx" <rbelis...@xxxxxxx> wrote in messagenews:HHTui.77721$TW6.36095@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> | The answer was to gently clean the ribbon cable with a pencil eraser. I
> did
> | just that and tested it. It worked 20 out of 20 times... I then re-tinned
> | the "code" wires, just to be safe.. Bottom line is that its up and
> | working!!!!!!!!!!!
> |
> | bob in phx....
> | "Bob in Phx" <rbelis...@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
> |news:KRxui.16718$Mu5.9044@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> | > Lurker here. I recently picked up an Ademco 1023 (yes I know its old and
> | > not feature rich) to alert me when my shed is tampered with. Only one
> door
> | > and one window. The system works fine, the only problem is the key pad
> | > does not want to work at all...If I use a key switch, no problems!!!. I
> am
> | > guessing that the hard wired code setting system of plug in wires is the
> | > culprit. But, upon opening the keypad up fully, I see a very old ribbon
> | > cable printed with conductors on a plastic base. Anyone know how to
> clean
> | > the ribbon cable and/or hard wire code connections. Or would it be
> better
> | > to just hard wire (read solder) all the connections?????? or does anyone
> | > have a 5241 for sale. Or is there a replacement newer keypad that would
> | > work??????
> | >
> | > Thanks in advance...
> | >
> | > bob in phx...
> | >
> |
> |

I've got one of these panels in a restaurant, that I installed about
25 years ago. This panel has been sitting on the wall, about 2 feet
from an oven for 20 years. ( they moved the oven near the panel about
20 years ago) The keypad is further away. The owner and I are just
leaving it there to see how long the damn thing is going to last. I
hate to open it up when I go there. It's got grease and who knows what
else in the cabinet.  I've used up all the numbers in the keypad. I've
got a spare 215 in the in the basement, just in case.