Keypad battery fault

daveohdave

How would I go about changing the battery on this HKC keypad? I have the engineers code, if that's needed.

kub

daveohdave wrote: »

How would I go about changing the battery on this HKC keypad? I have the engineers code, if that's needed.

There is no battery in the actual keypad. As this is a HKC 10/70 panel it also has the capability to monitor wireless detectors and it may very well be either a detector battery or indeed the control battery which are very different.

What was the actual fault that came up?

iopener

open the lid on the alarm panel, you will put in your code as your alarm will go off, take care when disconnecting the battery leads, you take the battery to a eletrical wholesaler as sample ususally 12 volt 7ampere hour cost approx 20 euro, reconnect battery leads making sure you connect up the correct lead to the correct battery terminal, simply red to red black to black. close up your panel lid you might have to put in your code once more.its a fairly handy job.

kub

iopener wrote: »

open the lid on the alarm panel, you will put in your code as your alarm will go off, take care when disconnecting the battery leads, you take the battery to a eletrical wholesaler as sample ususally 12 volt 7ampere hour cost approx 20 euro, reconnect battery leads making sure you connect up the correct lead to the correct battery terminal, simply red to red black to black. close up your panel lid you might have to put in your code once more.its a fairly handy job.

Assuming of course that it is the panel battery.

daveohdave

Sorry, it does indeed say "Panel Batt Flt", I assumed that meant the keypad. Is it the user code or the installer code I'll be prompted for?

Speaking of which, how do I go about testing the admin code I have, just in case I took it down wrong?

Have to find the damned thing next, wrote it down on a piece of paper rather than do the intelligent thing and put it in my KeePass!

iopener

sorry i jumped the gun with my reponse, well atleast he knows how to change the panel battery, if its a wireless detector its a similar enough process but with the trouble of locating the dectector with the battery fault,

kub

daveohdave wrote: »

Sorry, it does indeed say "Panel Batt Flt", I assumed that meant the keypad. Is it the user code or the installer code I'll be prompted for?

Speaking of which, how do I go about testing the admin code I have, just in case I took it down wrong?

Have to find the damned thing next, wrote it down on a piece of paper rather than do the intelligent thing and put it in my KeePass!

Iopener was spot on with the instructions. I would recommend a 12 volt 7 amp battery. The user code will stop the noise, with the panel you have and the fact it complies with the latest standards then it will only beep.

daveohdave

Thank you both!

KoolKid

As a matter of interest. How long was the old battery in?

daveohdave

I wouldn't swear to it, but I'm pretty sure it's in there since it was installed, in June or July of 2010.

KoolKid

I'd be expecting a little bit longer on a brand new system and battery.

daveohdave

All done, thank you folks!