Markjbloggs
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House alarm goes off intermittently a few times a week, even when it is not set. We suspect wire damage due to the activites of little furry animals! I now want to deactivate the alarm and get the damage investigated later.
The alarm dates from mid-90's and was installed by the previous owner, the owner nor the installer are no longer contactable. It seems to me to be a custom job, none of the components are branded for a specfic company.
When the alarm box is powered off (fuse removed and back-up battery disconnected) the internal alarm speaker is deactivated but the outside alarm (visible from the street) is active - obviously powered from a seperate source. We have tried all the breakers in the house but none deactivate the external alarm.
My question is - where, typically, would the external alarm be powered from, assuming there was a standard code of practise for alarm installs at the time?
The alarm dates from mid-90's and was installed by the previous owner, the owner nor the installer are no longer contactable. It seems to me to be a custom job, none of the components are branded for a specfic company.
When the alarm box is powered off (fuse removed and back-up battery disconnected) the internal alarm speaker is deactivated but the outside alarm (visible from the street) is active - obviously powered from a seperate source. We have tried all the breakers in the house but none deactivate the external alarm.
My question is - where, typically, would the external alarm be powered from, assuming there was a standard code of practise for alarm installs at the time?
..... wearing some sort of ear muffs. Don't be fooled - the nearer you get to the box, the louder the ring!!