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HKC 1070 - RF smoke alarm battery

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  • 19-10-2016 10:59am
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    BigGeorge
    Registered Users Posts: 473 ✭✭


    Have a Securewave 1070 system installed about 5 years, with a number of RF smoke or heat detectors installed to. These are battery operated.
    The main HKC panel is showing a low battery on one of these detectors ( I have the engineers code) even though it is supposed to be a 10 year battery & it looks like the battery is not replaceable.

    is there some sort of reset I can do the RF detector or do I just have to replace it ?
    Advice appreciated


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    KoolKid
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    If its the EI smoke detectors I would be looking for a replacement. Battery life should be 10 years.


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    fred funk }{
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    KoolKid wrote: »
    If its the EI smoke detectors I would be looking for a replacement. Battery life should be 10 years.

    No. Just like any other RF device it has a battery for transmitting and receiving that needs to be replaced after about 3 years.


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    BigGeorge
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    Thanks folks - let me double check again - but there no obvious battery, it is all sealed & says that the battery last 10 years


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    KoolKid
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    BigGeorge wrote: »
    Thanks folks - let me double check again - but there no obvious battery, it is all sealed & says that the battery last 10 years

    Can you post a pic of it. I though they also used the EI detectors.


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    fred funk }{
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    BigGeorge wrote: »
    Thanks folks - let me double check again - but there no obvious battery, it is all sealed & says that the battery last 10 years

    Pull out the clear plastic tab. A small pcb will come out and the battery is behind it.


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    _John C
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    It should be a single CR123A battery.


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    BigGeorge
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    Thanks all - you were all absolutely spot on -

    there is a clear plastic tab on the back attached to a small circuit that you need to pull out gently. The circuit board with small grey wire antenna slides out & it has a CR123A battery behind it which needs replacing. No engineers code needed, the system knows the fault is gone after a few mins & self clears

    thanks again


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