Andrew Gabriel wrote:
In article
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Jim K writes:
so make sure you let it off "by accident" a *few* times
once installed.....

That absolutely guarantees no one will take any notice if it
goes off for real.

My normal recommendation when you install an alarm is not not connect
up the external sounder until you've managed something like 3 months
with no false alarms. That way, you don't destroy any goodwill in
your neighbours with the initial teething problems.

I do not believe that false alarms on new systems are that common that you
need to keep the sounder off for 3 months. I must have installed (or at
least second fixed) 30 to 40 alarms over the last 12 months. I have not had
to re-attend any on them for false alarms and can only recall one occasion
in the last 10 years where I have had a false alarm on a system I have
installed.


A 48 hour test would be fine IMHO.

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Adam