burglar alarm

[oldtimer]

There you go

View attachment TESTBLANK.pdf

View attachment serviblank.pdf

 

[sparkyb]

Thanks for that oldtimer but how do you actually do the tests and what results should i be getting? What tester do I need. I know they are silly questions and I apologise.

 

[oldtimer]

Well you need a decent multimeter and you need to follow the checks on the alarm test sheet ie ohms for circuits or zones and tamper circuits as well milliamp and voltage for any unit with power ie vibration or pir detectors once you get these then you have a reference if you need to get called back.

Also I know its obvious but mind zero or deduct your leads resistance when measuring

 

[sparkyb]

Thanks Old timer but I think we need to take it back a bit lol.
Do we test between the 2 wires used for the zones and find the resistance, if so what reading should we be getting?
what you mean by testing resistance, I have not done much testing.

Thanks for your time in advance.

 

[Knownotall]

Dont forget to take the reading of each tamper circuit before you join them all together for the global tamper connections. Mind you does anyone fit the tamper circuit anymore or has 6 core cable become obsolete!!

Knownotall

 

[oldtimer]

OK heres how it work when you get an alarm panel you link out all the detection circuits ie zones , tamper PA Bell tamper once you do that you can test the panel for operation after that you then connect your devices ie magnetic door contact, PIR, vibration sensors PA buttons and each time you connect it up you test the panel that way if something goes wrong you know where the problem is always leave the the sounder till last (this saves peeing of the folks next door if you get it wrong.
Follow the colour codes previously mentioned in this post remember to series up your tamper circuits ie one tamper connection but 8 tamper circuits always record the resistance of all the detection circuit and record on test sheets attached previously as for what resistance should you be getting well how long is the cable if you have 2 PIRs the same distance from the panel then yep the should be near enough the same remember these measurements are for future reference