Visonic / Wireless SABBs

John Kelly of

I have been told by an installer that the wireless external bells on visonic have given him trouble on a few occasions and he is getting sick of going back.
have any of you guys heard anything about this?

neilthefunkeone

Not much time given but installed my Visionic powermax+ with wireless siren.. No problems yet.. but as said only 3 weeks!

Can the battery pack in these be recharged? Or do you just replace them? Do they last long?

John Kelly of

I don't know as I am only thinking of using them myself.
I rang Condor and they don't even know about the batteries themselves as they say that they haven't had to sell any yet.
mabye someone else knows here

KoolKid

I have had no problems with Visonic SABB batteries.
Visonic say 2 to 3 years. You can't recharge them but you can add a second battery to double the life.

fred funk }{

Always wire a hard wired bell if you can. Never need to worry about the battery.

KoolKid

Thats not an option with the Visonic bell that comes in the Powermax Complete kit.

fred funk }{

KoolKid wrote: »

Thats not an option with the Visonic bell that comes in the Powermax Complete kit.

Oops

John Kelly of

Koolkid do you know how much the batteries cost for the visonic wireless bell?
they dont even know that in Condor and they sell the kits

fred funk }{

John Kelly of wrote: »

Koolkid do you know how much the batteries cost for the visonic wireless bell?
they dont even know that in Condor and they sell the kits

Im sure the lads would find out for you. Surely they didn't just say "we don't know" and hang up?

John Kelly of

supposed to get back to me but havent yet

KoolKid

John Kelly of wrote: »

Koolkid do you know how much the batteries cost for the visonic wireless bell?

€10-€15

John Kelly of

ok thanks

C.TECH

John Kelly of wrote: »

supposed to get back to me but havent yet

Hi John,
I've pm'd you my mobile number and I'll happily deal with any such queries going forward. Sincere apologies if we caused any inconvenience.

altor

John Kelly of wrote: »

I have been told by an installer that the wireless external bells on visonic have given him trouble on a few occasions and he is getting sick of going back.
have any of you guys heard anything about this?

In the last 6 years I had to return 2 to Visonic. Never had any other issues.
The main problem is not testing the strength where the bell is placed. A foot can give you a different signal.

altor

KoolKid wrote: »

Thats not an option with the Visonic bell that comes in the Powermax Complete kit.

You can also get the kit with no bell and use an expander to wire a wired bell on to the complete system.

John Kelly of

ok thanks sounds like they are ok so.

John Kelly of

so you cant do a wired bell on the panel without an expander?
how much does it cost for an expander?

altor

KoolKid wrote: »

I have had no problems with Visonic SABB batteries.
Visonic say 2 to 3 years. You can't recharge them but you can add a second battery to double the life.

Another option is to get the wire free bell that you can connect a transformer too, same wire free bell but the connectors are there to allow this. Use a power supply to this rather than the transformer as no mains no outside bell.

altor

John Kelly of wrote: »

so you cant do a wired bell on the panel without an expander?
how much does it cost for an expander?

€10- €15 Condor would be the cheapest on anything to do with visonic

KoolKid

And you have to buy the seperate wireless bell to get the powered option. It means buying the kit minus the SABB + Seperate wireless SABB , dearer too, clever or what?
I would just add the second battery. 5 years is acceptable.

altor

The second battery or the wired sabb used with an expander would be a cheaper option than the mains powered bell. 5 years plus from what I have being told. The battery life Visonic say is taking into account the external bell activating once per week for 4 minutes.

John Kelly of

great info

altor

John Kelly of wrote: »

great info

Your welcome

Jnealon

Wired bell for me all the time.
1. My own bell is better looking plus the visonic bells look like the cheap ventcroft ones
2. No climbing ladders on your pmv
3. One less spare battery to carry