AboutDave Neuweiler Expertise The design and application of burglary and fire systems for homes and businesses. Helping alarm owners understand how their system works. Helping to troubleshoot false alarm problems. Questions about monitoring issues.
Experience Over a quarter century in the industry. Experience in installation, service, and monitoring centers. Training manager for a national protective services company; director of education and training for a national trade organization for for alarm dealers.
Question My condo came with a Moose Z1100 System 1. I've already had to replace the
battery once, and the tenant I'm renting to says the alarm sounds every day
between 3 and 4 PM, which to me means the battery's gone bad again. I'd like
to just disconnect the whole darn thing, but the unit is hard-wired into my
condo's electric supply and I cannot decipher the wiring diagram. Any
suggestions? Call an electrician?
Answer Hello Richard, and thanks for writing.
You shouldn't need an electrician to disable the system.
You need to do two things. First, in the panel, find terminals 17 and 18. This is the power input to the control. It's only 18 volts, so it's not a real shock hazard. Disconnect either ONE of these, and tape the exposed wire that you removed so there won't be any inadvertent short circuits later.
Second, pull off either of the wires that are plugged into the backup battery.
That's it; the alarm system is completely disabled.
