goto your alarm panel remove it completely, look for the siren in a duct
somewhere remove it, go down stairs to that electric locked box, drill out
the lock, cut the wires remove the box and whatever's inside.

now you should just have the wire going to your phone and the fuse panel,
remove the phone wires, follow them to the demarq jack and cut them off.

turn off the main power to the fuse panel trace the wires into it from the
locked box and remove them.

tada no worries of an alarm going of anymore.

Punch


"Dave" wrote in message
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Hello,

I recently purchased a home with an older model Burglar/Fire Alarm
("Silent Knight" 4700 series). It's been basically turned off
("shunted") for a few years I believe, but it's still passively active
(if the power goes off for long periods of time and comes back on - it
will start alarming).

I've checked with a few alarm co's locally and most would rather sell
me a new alarm than come out and permanently disable this one. I
don't feel a need to have an alarm system and would just like to be
rid of this unit.

Does anyone have ideas on how this can be done? I know there is a
backup battery in a locked box for this alarm ( we weren't left the
key to this). Is this something an electrician needs to do? It looks
like it's wired directly into our electricity rather than a simple
outlet plug-in.

Also, if I try to drill out the lock on the alarm box, would this
possibly set off the alarm as well?

Any thoughts/ideas greatly appreciated!

Thanks,
Dave