HKC Alarm Fault

claw14

Hi All,

Alarm went off for no reason today and stopped a few mins later. I now have 3 errors on the panel, Int bell fuse, Ext bell fuse and Ext bell tamper. Any idea what could have happened and how do I sort this.

The alarm wasn't set today and herself is worried it's going to go off in the middle of the night again.

Tks

altor

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058370809/hkc-alarm-fault

More than likely an issue with the external bell itself if the fuses blew.

claw14

Thanks, do you think water maybe got in there? I will have a look tomorrow when I have time.

Any idea what fuse each takes and if they are easy to change?

altor

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122660189#Comment_122660189

Could be any number of reasons for the fault, but it only showed once it activated, which points to the bell itself.

The fuses are located in the main control panel, if its a 6/10 or 8/12.

The 10270 would have resettable fuses that reset once fault is cleared.

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claw14

Ok, so I opened the main control panel and the 2 bell fuses are blown (Vertical row of 4 fuses and top 1 and 2 were blown.).

I didn't open the bell yet as I didn't have fuses to replace.

I am wondering if it is easy to bypass the tamper switch in the bell or just disconnect it. I am not worried about anyone accessing the bell at the front of the house.

I have fuses now so it would be as handy to disconnect the tamper switch to avoid any false alarms going forward.

Tks

altor

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122667828#Comment_122667828

You could and use a 4K7 resistor across the BHO and Tamper return in the panel.

There should be one in the external bell, if none loose in the panel.

claw14

When I put the resistor across BHO and tamper in the control panel, do I remove the existing yellow and black wires or do I leave them attached and insert the resistor. Sorry if this sounds stupid.

altor

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122711455#Comment_122711455

Not stupid at all.

Yes, leave in the BHO wire (could be the black cable) but remove the tamper return cable.

claw14

Ok, I have bigger issues. All faults gone off the panel now, but bells not sounding. I set the alarm and activate it. I can see on the keypad that the alarm light goes on but no sounding alarms. Unset the alarm and no faults showing but I'm guessing the alarm should be sounding. Anyway, I guess this is a job for a specialist.

Tks all.

davidconroy46

Your internal bell should have sounded. And possibly strobe light on external bell flash, only if you replaced the two fuses

altor

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122711620#Comment_122711620

Did you remove the wiring for the internal bell terminal in the control panel?

Can you see where the internal bell is?

claw14

I didn't remove the wiring for the internal bell and yes I can access the physical internal bell.

altor

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122720794#Comment_122720794

Ok, try this. Activate a panic on the keypad, * and # together and see if the bell rings

HeidiHeidi

Anyone else's app showing "unable to communicate with the system" this morning?

I've a beeping going the last 45 mins or so from the control panel….

branners69

Yes, hopefully not the same problem they had back in June.

Tweaky

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122757646#Comment_122757646

Yeah i got a GSM line error earlier . Just key in your PIN into the keypad and the beeping will stop

HeidiHeidi

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122757733#Comment_122757733

Triedthat, it started again after a few mins!

ongarite

I’ve had 2 LAN faults again so far today.