Re: Problem with Scantronic avenger VI

[mleuck <m.leuck@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Aug 27, 10:35=A0am, Jim Rojas <jro...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> tourman wrote:
> > On Aug 27, 7:47 am, Jim Rojas<jro...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> =A0wrote:
> >> Jim wrote:
> >>> On Aug 27, 12:29 am, Frank Kurz<t...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> =A0 =A0wrote:
>
> >>>> That's not necessarily true in all cases. =A0You can't always equate=
 a
> >>>> "hot" battery with "dead battery". =A0Considering the alarm panel is
> >>>> prehistoric however, I'm thinking the OP should follow the advice of=
 our
> >>>> resident Technosaur and turf the battery. =A0I believe his problems =
will
> >>>> become a thing of the past (just like his panel). =A0:-)
>
> >>> That's funny. ( Technosaur) Did you just make that up?
>
> >> As I remember, those panels were very troublesome, keypads wore out
> >> fast, and didn't handle static electricity very well. We replaced all =
of
> >> them within 5 years of their introduction back in the 1980's
>
> >> Jim Rojas
> >> Technical Manuals Online!http://www.tech-man.com
> >> 8002 Cornwall Lane
> >> Tampa, FL 33615-4604
> >> 813-884-6335
>
> > RHC: I've been following this thread with some interest. You have to
> > wonder why some people insist upon putting an old clunker like this
> > back in service especially if it's going on line with the authorities.
> > No one would try to keep a 386 computer in service today, especially
> > in a business application, but they'll try to keep an old alarm
> > clunker going forever. With panels and keypads available wholesale at
> > less than $100, you really have to wonder!!!!
>
> > The other thing I still haven't figured out after 20 years in the
> > business, is a customer will go out and spend $1000 on a big screen
> > TV, but not a penny on a decent alarm.....go figure
>
> You can thank the ADT & Brinks of the world for making alarms seem
> worthless. When you give the farm away, and expect someone with shaky
> credit to make payments on time, or else...
>
> Jim Rojas
> Technical Manuals Online!http://www.tech-man.com
> 8002 Cornwall Lane
> Tampa, FL 33615-4604
> 813-884-6335

While some of that is true, what they really did was make alarms
available to a much larger customer base who would never pay 5 grand
for a new one back in the old days