Re: Low battery message on Keypad

["Petem" <petem001@xxxxxxxxx>]

Ziggy be careful with this "gentleman"

while his offer seem ok,what he doesn't tell you is that if you play with a
monitored system,you could revoke the contract between you and your alarm
company...

of course,nothing could happen,but if you open your box and in the next few
week your panel refuse to work properly when it should have created an
alarm,the insurance company of the alarm provider will use the fact that you
opened the box to prevent them paying you,if the panel/installation was
faulty because it was your fault..

Be careful and ask your alarm company about this,they could even send you by
post the battery or offer you to pick it up,but at least the will tell you
how to do it,this will prevent them of telling you,that you used the wrong
battery type or such bad excuse...


"Robert L Bass" <robertbass1@xxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit dans le message de news:
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>> Yesterday while eating dinner my
>> gemini keypad beeped and when
>> I looked at the message it said
>> low battery. The battery is about
>> 2-3 years old and we have not had
>> any power failures.
>>
>> What can cause this?
>
> As others have said, typical battery life is about 3-5 years.  You can
> have your alarm company service it or replace it yourself. The battery
> which your alarm company provided is probably either 4.0 or 7.0 Amp Hour,
> 12 Volts.  Regardless which one you have, install a 7.0 Amp Hour
> replacement battery.  The cost difference is miniscule but the larger
> battery will last significantly longer during a power outage.
>
> 12 Volt, 7 Amp Hour batteries retail (online) for about $15 to $20.  Alarm
> companies usually charge a service fee for replacing the battery which can
> range from around $35 to $70 or more plus the price of the battery itself
> which might be higher than retail.
>
> --
>
> Regards,
> Robert L Bass
>
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