slider wrote:
"Dave" wrote in message
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What happens to a burglar alarm (just a stand-alone one, not
centrally monitored) when mains power is off for days? I know that
the internal battery will obviously discharge but does it actually
trigger the sounder at any point, or does it just die quietly?

We're going away for two weeks, during which time the house is being
rewired and I don't want the neighbours being disturbed by a
shrieking alarm.

TIA


Once power is disconnected, the alarm will activate. Your external
bell box will most likely have a battery back up. The external box
will sound until either battery goes flat, or power is restored and
alarm reset. Best option is to enter the engineer code into the
alarm (if you know it). This will stop the alarm sounding when power
is disconnected. Alternatively, disconnect battery backup from both
alarm panel and external bell box (not sure, but this may wipe the
alarms internal settings or it may have a small watch type battery to
retain settings).
What alarm is it?

It's a wireless one, the ESP Infinite (the following link is to the Infinite
PRIME but I've just got the bog-standard Infinite - and I'm using the
wireless external sounder with it)

http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Main_Ind...ime/index.html

Thanks for your help.