Our system battery has never been changed since installation in 1995. The
installers said it would need to be changed periodically but they never
followed up.
Are these batteries readily available and easy to change out?

Ken

"Ken" wrote in message
nk.net...
Our system battery has never been changed since installation in 1995. The
installers said it would need to be changed periodically but they never
followed up.
Are these batteries readily available and easy to change out?

Ken

It can be one of a hundred different batteries and dozens if different
systems so no one can give you an accurate assessment.

Radio Shack can order just about any battery you need.

I am sure its dead. Most systems give a fault when the backup is bad.....
usually 3 in the morning. At least mind did.


"Ken" wrote in message
nk.net...
Our system battery has never been changed since installation in 1995. The
installers said it would need to be changed periodically but they never
followed up.
Are these batteries readily available and easy to change out?

Ken

"Ken" wrote in message
nk.net...
Our system battery has never been changed since installation in 1995. The
installers said it would need to be changed periodically but they never
followed up.
Are these batteries readily available and easy to change out?

Ken


Leave a message on what the battery brand and model is and if it is
obsolete, it will probably cross. If you have a Batteries Plus franchise
nearby, just haul it into them. That place is great. You may need to solder
/ desolder the battery so hopefully you are equipped for that. Good luck,
Ross

Subject: Security System Backup Battery
Newsgroup: alt.home.repair
= Ken = wrote:

Our system battery has never been changed since installation in 1995. The
installers said it would need to be changed periodically but they never
followed up.
Are these batteries readily available and easy to change out?


Assuming you are talking about the system back-up battery, you can easily change
it yourself. You'll need a 12 Volt 4AH or 7AH lead-acid available at
Radio-Shack or online. THe only difference in amp-hours is how much standby
time you'll have-- go with the 7AH as the price difference is negligible.

12-Volt/7Ah Lead-Acid Alarm Battery
$29.99 Brand: RadioShack
Catalog #: 23-275


If you have a wireless system (wireless door/window transmitters, PIR's ect..)
these batteries are also changeable by you -- but you'll have to give specifics
about your system for me to tell you which batteries to purchase.





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-Graham

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Subject: Security System Backup Battery
Newsgroup: alt.home.repair
= Edwin Pawlowski = wrote:


It can be one of a hundred different batteries and dozens if different
systems so no one can give you an accurate assessment.


Nope. Not if it's the back-up battery. They are universal.


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-Graham

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G. Morgan wrote in
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Subject: Security System Backup Battery
Newsgroup: alt.home.repair
= Ken = wrote:

Our system battery has never been changed since installation in 1995.
The installers said it would need to be changed periodically but they
never followed up.
Are these batteries readily available and easy to change out?


Assuming you are talking about the system back-up battery, you can
easily change it yourself. You'll need a 12 Volt 4AH or 7AH lead-acid
available at Radio-Shack or online. THe only difference in amp-hours
is how much standby time you'll have-- go with the 7AH as the price
difference is negligible.

12-Volt/7Ah Lead-Acid Alarm Battery
$29.99 Brand: RadioShack
Catalog #: 23-275


If you have a wireless system (wireless door/window transmitters,
PIR's ect..) these batteries are also changeable by you -- but you'll
have to give specifics about your system for me to tell you which
batteries to purchase.






Wal-Mart carries these size LA batteries for kids electric cars/scooters.At
about the same prices.
You can get them cheaper elsewhere,though.Much cheaper,I believe.

--
Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
kua.net