"Andy Burns" wrote in message
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Andrew Gabriel wrote:

If you do your own, don't connect up the external sounder until
you have managed at least 3 months with no false alarms.
Otherwise, you will have blown all credibility in your alarm
by your neighbours, by the time you have it working properly,
and then it's worthless.

I think the default position here is that alarms don't have any
credibility, just listening to the widespread cacophony whenever we have a
power blip says everything about how well maintained they are.

Dont get that here.

I certainly don't bother looking when they go off,

I do with all but the one that is notorious for false alarms which is
quite a bit further away and easily recognisable when it goes off.

unless it's a repeat nuisance, then I might wander out in my dressing gown
to be sure I know who to complain to.

I can always work out which one it is just by listening to
it unless its a new one which doesnt happen often at all.

Come to think if it, the house of one of my mates
who he sold to one of his mates when he moved to
the country capital, hasnt gone off since and it looks
like its now a rental. They must have disabled the alarm.