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

[Wednesday Rowan <wednesdaytgw@xxxxxxxxx>]

also... doing this when the alarm is "off" will not set off the alarm? I don't want to do this in the early am or dead of night... condo...
not that  some of my neighbors wouldn't deserve it... but... I'd like to be prepared, siren is REALLY loud.
if I set the siren off accidentally... will using the code turn it off?
probably a silly question but...
I'm fascinated by how the wires run through the house... under the carpet and down through the walls? I wish I had stayed home to watch them do that.




On Tuesday, July 21, 2015 at 8:11:23 AM UTC-7, Wednesday Rowan wrote:
> Is that easier than disconnecting it from the control box?
> first I'd like to be able to set the alarm so at least the downstairs is protected... I'll have time later today to do more trials
> if I remove them from the control box will that set off the alarm?
> or is that something impossible to know from what I can see in the box...
> disconnect the siren while I experiment? I think I know which wire it is... maybe... ;-)
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> the thing is, it is near the magnet that is in the window frame... so, shouldn't that work?
> then could there be something wrong with the contact? if the contact is the problem, then I could replace it?
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> that means pulling the contact up from the window frame? and if the problem is in the wiring below that (between contact and the control box?)
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> On Tuesday, July 21, 2015 at 2:04:57 AM UTC-7, JoeRaisin wrote:
> > Opposite the magnet, there will be a contact.  If you remove it from the
> > door/window frame, it will be connected to two wires.
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> > When the contact is in proximity to the magnet, the tiny reed switch
> > creates a "short".
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> > 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.