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Where do the wires go!

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  • 02-07-2011 10:41am
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    PurplePrincess
    Registered Users Posts: 600 ✭✭✭


    Aritech alarm (unsure about model no)

    Low battery came on for a few days, then our electricity went and while the code stopped the internal alarm the external one wouldn't stop. In desperation I pulled out a few wires but now I don't know where they should go back to.
    Cables are:
    Seperate blue and red
    Joined up red and white
    Joined up green and black.

    Any help greatly appreciated.


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    Jnealon
    Registered Users Posts: 2,062 ✭✭✭Jnealon


    Different companies use different colours.
    Probably best to get a local alarm company to call out and fix it up for you as it looks like you pulled the bells and DC power


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    altor
    Registered Users Posts: 11,719 ✭✭✭✭altor


    PurplePrincess wrote: »
    Aritech alarm (unsure about model no)

    Low battery came on for a few days, then our electricity went and while the code stopped the internal alarm the external one wouldn't stop. In desperation I pulled out a few wires but now I don't know where they should go back to.
    Cables are:
    Seperate blue and red
    Joined up red and white
    Joined up green and black.

    Any help greatly appreciated.

    It does look like you have disconnected the external bell, you would have to get up at the bell to see how it is wired to reconnect it.

    www.altor.ie



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    KoolKid
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    The general rule is Red + Black -
    With that in mind I would reckon

    Red & White > Internal +
    Black & Green > Internal -
    Red External +
    Blue External -


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    Jnealon
    Registered Users Posts: 2,062 ✭✭✭Jnealon


    KoolKid wrote: »
    The general rule is Red + Black -
    With that in mind I would reckon

    Red & White > Internal +
    Black & Green > Internal -
    Red External +
    Blue External -

    That could be dangerous


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    KoolKid
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    The most dangerous thing in the panel is the mains. He should be turning that off & working off the battery. After that all is fuse protected.
    Its fairly obvious the double pairs are the internal/strobe.
    So i would presume the red would be positive.
    Your then left with one pair, again I would go with the red being + so the blue should be -.
    No in my years of experience I have come across some bad jobs & some terrible jobs. I don't think I've ever come across someone using black as a + though.


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    PurplePrincess
    Registered Users Posts: 600 ✭✭✭PurplePrincess


    Job done and all working perfectly. (+ I'm still alive)

    Thanks so much for the help.


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    KoolKid
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    Glad you got sorted.
    If was fairly obvious once the internal/strobe were still together.


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