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  1. littlespark

    Fire alarm panel. Don’t recognise fault code

    The big stately home I’ve been working in has an EMS 5096 alarm system with over 100 detectors and 3 (that I know of) panels. All detectors are battery powered and radio back to its closest panel. All panels are also radio linked together. They get the odd fault code which is usually a flat...
  2. pirate

    How to disable a burglar alarm

    Can someone please guide me on this? I have virtually no experience of home alarm systems. The client has an alarm which had been fitted to her flat a few years before she bought it. She wants it permanently disabled. She contacted the company who said the annual subscription had been cancelled...
  3. H

    UK Fire alarm question

    Hi all, i'm just after a definitive answer regarding a fire alarm system in a communal area/stairwell. There are call points, smoke heads & sounders on each floor (3 floors), with 5 owned flats each with a heat/sounder installed in the their hallways linked to the same system. Would this be...
  4. D

    Texecom Alarm issues

    Hi everybody. We had a Texecom system installed 3 years ago. Earlier this year we had a battery problem and the installer came back and changed the battery but he said it was running down way too fast when he tested it. He also found that the system was throwing up lots of errors and was no...
  5. E

    Holiday let Fire Alarm

    Now there's a requirement for a Fire detection in all bedrooms as well as hallways Lounge and Kitchens can the detectors be wired from the existing lighting circuit or must it be a dedicated circuit, I know what's best practice but the logistics make it very expensive and impractical
  6. T

    Strange 3 cables in old Fire Smoke Alarm

    I'm about to order this wired smoke alarm system as it can network but I just went to see how my existing fire alarms are hooked up and there appear to be three wires? What/how would I connect the new one when it arrives? This old one isn't linked tot eh other one on the landing as I know for...
  7. A

    Disabled toilet alarm

    Hi I’m installing a disabled toilet alarm and they need an extra beacon in the office about 100mt away. Has anyone got any suggestions as to what cable to use for this longer run
  8. O

    Fire alarm void protection location

    I'm about to start first fixing this fire alarm in the industrial unit we are wiring, at the moment its totally empty and eventually will have a grid ceiling in. The dimensions are about 12M x 5M and the loft space will be open. The (quite new) fire alarm that had been fitted (but ripped out)...
  9. O

    MX Pro 5 fire alarm panel programming

    On this commercial building we are refurbishing it has the above fire alarm panel which I think is pretty much brand new, I'm not even sure it was ever fully installed as we found half a drum of FP above the ceiling, but by the time we arrived on site much of it had been gutted and cables...
  10. P

    Adding a heat sensor to an existing, interconnected smoke alarm system

    I currently have a home with 7 interconnected, hard-wired smoke detectors. I have a hard-wired heat alarm in the garage that I need to have interconnected to the rest of the system, per local regulations. My solar installer added the heat sensor but does not seem to know how to handle the...
  11. C

    Veritas R8 6 beeps unset

    Hi all, Requesting your help please! I know this is an old system but has been working amazingly for 7 years! I had an engineer out who done a reset apparently however it hasn’t cured my fault! When the system is not activated the main control box beeps every 30 minutes or so three times...
  12. V

    Light Fixture and Fire Alarm question please

    Hi All, Please may I ask if light fixtures must now always be fitted by an electrician? also for domestic homes, is it okay for there to be a battery operated fire alarm and carbon monoxide alarm or should there also be a heat alarm and all three hard wired in? Thank you all so much, Vanessa
  13. O

    C-TEC fire alarm compatibility

    Hi, I need to extend a fire alarm, the panel is a CTEC CFP 2 zone one and currently it has a couple of apollo alarm sense sounder bases/heads on it. I fitted 2 extra normal (non-sounder) alarm sense bases and alarm sense heads but the panel is showing a fault on that zone, the fault clears if I...
  14. littlespark

    Smartphone emergency alarm UK

    So this Sunday coming, 3pm, the mobile phone networks in the UK will allow the government to send an alarm signal to every compatible device in the country. Details here https://www.gov.uk/alerts There was a phone in topic on the radio this morning, so I’d like to mention a few things. And I...
  15. M

    Texecom Veritas alarm Tamper light

    Hi, just wondering if anyone could help me. I’ve just installed a texecom Veritas alarm in my garage at home and can’t seem to get rid of the tamper light at all. At first I was getting red lights on all my zones Aswell as tamper. I then linked out all zones which got rid of the red zone...
  16. H

    Fire alarm certificate generator?

    Hi, we are currently using Electraform to generate fira alarm certs but this is proving expensive. Does anyone know of any other similiar applications to generate certs?
  17. jozefbehr

    Jozef BehrL Looking for co alarm

    Hello. Looking for recommendations on a co alarm. Usually use aico but client is not happy with the look of them. Old victorian house probably.
  18. W

    Smallest co alarm for period house

    Hello. Looking for recommendations on a co alarm. Usually use aico but client is not happy with the look of them. Old victorian house probably need 8 of them. A few dead bodies would be preferable to an aico ei208 on the ceiling
  19. I

    Virtual Training / Fire Alarm Training

    Anyone ever took part in any of the virtual classroom training sold by the NICEIC? Interested in learning more about fire alarm systems and emergency lighting so figured they might be a good place to start. Is a fire alarm qualification similar to an electrical apprenticeships where you’d have...
  20. sythai

    Another fire alarm question (sorry!)

    After my previous post.... just covering my @ss as have a large refurb coming up! 250m footprint. Have asked the question to LABC what system they requred for this one ? Come back with : Grade B / LD3 (new one for me) Can any one give me an idea of this may require, done quick google but...
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