Re: troubleshooting old alarm, worked perfectly till this am....

["Bob La Londe" <none@xxxxxxxxxx>]

"JoeRaisin" <joeraisin2001@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Opposite the magnet, there will be a contact.  If you remove it from the
> door/window frame, it will be connected to two wires.
>
> When the contact is in proximity to the magnet, the tiny reed switch
> creates a "short".
>
> By removing the wires from the contact and shorting them together by
> twisting the bare copper ends together, you will mimic the action of a
> properly functioning contact with the window closed.

As old as his system is there is not telling if that's the case.