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Our last alarm system fault actually happened during normal working hours. The sensor for one of the garage doors failed.
If we have a power outage of more than 15 minutes, the battery backup for the alarm gets low, and it starts beeping an alert. I do now where the panel is, in the front hall closet. Inside that panel is the battery, and a transformer plugged into the wall. I have to pull the connector for the battery to get the system to shut down. There is another smaller battery in the main control panel by the door in from the garage. I have to take that apart and pull that battery if the system's cell phone connection fails. That has happened only once, when the cell phone technology changed, and the the system could not call home. They had to send a tech out to change the cell phone board.
For the most part, it is a reliable system. When there is an issue, I get a text message, a email, and the system on the wall beeps. It is rather annoying to get it to shut the F up!
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Glen
49 Year member of the Porsche Club of America
1985 911 Carrera; 2017 Macan
1986 El Camino with Fuel Injected 350 Crate Engine
My Motto: I will never be too old to have a happy childhood!
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