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

[JoeRaisin <joeraisin2001@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 7/22/2015 2:44 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:
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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.
>

I agree.

Looks like the last thing he wants to do is pull the contact - which,
the way I would troubleshoot it, is the first thing to do.