House alarm problem

[Danniboi]

Hi

my house alarm sometimes resets itself and then starts to do the countdown that they do before they go off, I have no idea why this is happening as all the power in the house stays on nothing trips out when it happens. It really just seems to be the alarm.

I have checked all the obvious things so wonder if this is down to a fault on the alarm itself.

any ideas? headbang

 

[Andy™]

what alarm have you got? how old is it? when was the battery last changed?

 

[Evans Electric]

A guess would be that the panel is shot.

 

[bassman]

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[Andy™]

batteries are often deformed (side trying to expand) when they are past their use by date. any good installer will have wrote the date on the battery too - they should be replace 5 years max, sometimes less

 

[NozSpark]

As others have said..

I'd go for the battery first they can cause all manner of weird faults.

If it does end up being the panel then you'll need a new battery for it anyway!!

 

[Lurch]

If the battery is goosed then there's a fair chance it's taken the panel with it as well so changing a knackered battery may not leave a completely reliable system afterwards.

Of course, it may not have been that reliable before the battery failed.......