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HKC Alarm Fire Alert From Front Door

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  • 18-06-2018 1:40pm
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    JGEP
    Registered Users Posts: 116 ✭✭


    Hi,

    The power to the house went and returned a few times on Friday and since then every time I open the front door my HKC alarm goes off and the display reads FIRE FIRE FIRE, this is without the alarm being set.
    I only had one spare battery for the smoke detectors so I tried that in both of them so that doesn't seem to be the issue, unless they both went low on the same day!

    Any ideas?

    Thanks


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    davidconroy46
    Registered Users Posts: 263 ✭✭davidconroy46


    Is it the 10/70? Have you an engineers code? Possibly the panel battery needs replacement. It could be the smoke head battery. You would need a meter to check batteries.


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    JGEP
    Registered Users Posts: 116 ✭✭JGEP


    Not sure what model but it's the same as the one in this thread

    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057708321

    I'll grab a meter in work to check the batteries.

    I don't have an engineers code.


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    davidconroy46
    Registered Users Posts: 263 ✭✭davidconroy46


    You said the smoke detector had batteries? If so is it the keypad with blue back light display? If so its the new panel 10/70. If its the other panel and the detector has batteries in it possible had a unit called quickbridge witch will help run your detector. I would say it is the battery in the main panel. Should be reading about 7ah 12v. Who installed it?


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    JGEP
    Registered Users Posts: 116 ✭✭JGEP


    davidconroy46 wrote: »
    You said the smoke detector had batteries? If so is it the keypad with blue back light display? If so its the new panel 10/70. If its the other panel and the detector has batteries in it possible had a unit called quickbridge witch will help run your detector. I would say it is the battery in the main panel. Should be reading about 7ah 12v. Who installed it?

    It's a standard smoke detector with battery and a connecting cable, I just figured it's connected to the alarm panel.
    It's the exact same keypad as in the other thread linked above, no blue backlight, with a mild steel panel in the utility room with the battery and circuitry in it.

    It was installed in 2007 when the house was built but I only moved in recently, don't know who installed it but there's a number on the front, didn't ring as don't want to get charged for a call out without checking it out myself first. Inst tech by trade so know my way around electrics but no experience with house alarms.


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    fred funk }{
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    It's a bug on the panel. Do a complete power down and replace the battery if needed and it should be fine.


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    JGEP
    Registered Users Posts: 116 ✭✭JGEP


    fred funk }{ wrote: »
    It's a bug on the panel. Do a complete power down and replace the battery if needed and it should be fine.

    I'll be disconnecting the battery to check it anyway this evening so hopefully that resets it.


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    JGEP
    Registered Users Posts: 116 ✭✭JGEP


    Battery was low so will replace that and the "power cycle" ;) cleared the bug, thanks!
    J


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