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.
I recently changed some lights in our home, while doing so I turned off the power at the breaker. Since that time our home security alarm not only blinks and does not work, but the alarm beeps (until you press reset) at exactly 4:30 every afternoon, the same time I shut the power off. Any ideas as to why this would be happening?
Thank you,
Kevin
Answer Hi, Kevin, and thanks for your question.
It's hard to separate the effects you describe from the action you took -- turning off the breaker. I've not, however, ever heard of a control beeping on a regular schedule like yours.
Here's what I think...
ALl burglary alarms have a backup battery, good for at least 4 hours. These power the system when regular power is out. I suspect that your control's battery failed when you cut power to work on the lights.
It also sounds like your control lost its programming. Most units store program information in non-volatile memeory, meaning that complete loss of power won't cause the system to loose that programming. So, this part doesn't fit -- unless you have a pretty old (several years) control.
Can you tell me the make, model, and age of the system?
Also, is it a do-it-yourself install, or was it done by an alarm company?
Let me know what you can, and we'll see if we can uncover a solution for you.
