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Galway Alarms

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  • 08-05-2009 1:42pm
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    Roy Rogers
    Registered Users Posts: 153 ✭✭


    Bit of a problem here.

    I've been living in a rented house for the last year; we have a burglar alarm but never set it. Yesterday evening, I was just going to the gym when my housemate rang me saying that the alarm had gone off and asked me the code. I told him what I thought was the code, but never having used it, I wasn't 100% certain.

    It didn't work apparently, and after suffering through the noise for a while he took the initiative of opening the alarm box and taking out a fuse or battery or something. It seemed to work -- the main alarm stopped going off, but the unit inside the house was beeping constantly. Also, one of the trip switches had gone, leaving us with lights but no plug sockets in the house.

    When I got home, I tried to ring the alarm company as on the box -- Galway Alarms, with an address in Wellpark. The company seems to be dead, however. Now we have a half-connected alarm that's flashing the mesasge 'Call Service', no electricity, and it's Friday afternoon... not the best situation.

    If I call another alarm company, will they be able to reset the box for us? How much would a call-out charge be, does anyone know?


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    sgthighway
    Registered Users Posts: 1,540 ✭✭✭sgthighway


    Ring Mick in FBI Security @ 091-564141


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    kellsum
    Registered Users Posts: 119 ✭✭kellsum


    I think you should contact your landlord as the onus is on them to sort out this problem. I had a similiar issue but ended up calling an electrician to sort the problem.


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    Roy Rogers
    Registered Users Posts: 153 ✭✭Roy Rogers


    Rang the landlord, they just confirmed that the code is what I thought it was (apparently my housemate is an idiot :) )

    I'll be home in an hour; gonna replace whatever he took out and see if I can put the code in to stop it. Otherwise I'll ring the crowd sgthighway suggested.


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    ScumLord
    Registered Users Posts: 28,789 ✭✭✭✭ScumLord


    If all else fails, hit it with a hammer.


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    ronnie3585
    Registered Users Posts: 6,675 ✭✭✭ronnie3585


    For future reference, it's much easier to break into houses that don't have alarms:pac:


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    Roy Rogers
    Registered Users Posts: 153 ✭✭Roy Rogers


    ronnie3585 wrote: »
    For future reference, it's much easier to break into houses that don't have alarms:pac:

    Rumbled!

    Rang the letting agency earlier having gotten home and ensured it wasn't a code problem. The agency contacted the landlord who said she'd check for the code when she got home; haven't heard anything since.

    Pretty annoyed with how it's been dealt with to be honest, but as much my fault for presuming we had made some stupid error in putting in the code.

    I rang FBI Security and had a brief chat with someone there -- got redirected to a mobile, so I presume it was Mick. When I told him the model of the alarm, he said I'd be best off disconnecting everything in the box :)

    To be honest, I'm a bit scared to do that in case the exterior alarm starts going and I can't shut it up. Ideally, I would like a shotgun to just blow the ****er off the side of the house.


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