Re: Low Battery FBII-2P (( Rep to Group))

[Jim <alarminex@xxxxxxx>]

On Monday, May 12, 2014 9:51:32 PM UTC-4, RTS wrote:
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> "RTS" <gafa_usa@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > "Jim"  wrote in message
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> > ------  New battery  static voltage  no load  12.75 VDC,  under load from
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> > ------  Original battery  static voltage  no load  12.00 VDC, under load
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> > from panel   11.75 VDC
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> > -------    (( panel should not give "Low Battery" warning till voltage
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> > reaches 10.75 VDC  least wise other panels only report at that voltage..))
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> I may have missed it but I don't recall seeing a battery voltage reading
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> Or for that matter a voltage reading on the AC terminals when transformer is
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> These two readings would be the most important place to start when trying to
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> Also, some panels determine a low voltage at a different trigger point.  It
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> is not always 10.75vdc for all panel.  Some as I recall are at 11.8vdc.
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> Les
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> I've been told  that Friday  a tech returned to the house and replaced the
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> So far,  no more "Low Battery "  signals.. beeps.. communications..
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> I'll give it a week and claim victory...
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> Thanks for all the input....
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> RTS
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Just think ..... if it WAS the keypad, if you left it there for any amount of time with it absorbing all the power ..... it's quite possible thet over a long enough period ..... you may have created a black hole!