Could a faulty sensor cause an intermittent beeping on a domestic fire alarm system (professionally installed)
We had an intermittent beeping on the system which we told the electrician of when he serviced it. We still had the beep afterwards and when he (eventually) came around said it was caused by a different fault ( new battery needed) and charged us a second time for this work. Please note it’s not a basic fire alarm but a professionally installed linked unit (Niceic approved). Are we being fleeced or is this a possibility?
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Yip,hard wired smoke alarm systems do have batterys for back up and they do beep when the battery needs replaced.
They do "beep" to let you know that the battery is low.
You should be able to change that yourself.
Mine beep when the pp3 batteries are low. They were installed when the house was built and are hard wired with batt back-ups.
confess, how many of you did not read the bit
"note it’s not a basic fire alarm but a professionally installed linked unit (Niceic approved). "
professional alarms do not have pp3 batteries, this is a professionally installed Fire alarm, not a battery / mains smoke detector.
The conundrum with some of the cheaper ones is they only have on light for Fault.
the fault can be nearly whatever thing.
The batteries should have been checked / changed on last time.
I would say you should pay for the batteries not the call out, but it depends on the T & C of the contract
Its a possibility, but he should not keep charging you for the service calls. When he came there the first time and you were still having the conundrum when he left he really didn’t do his job. When he came back the second time he had prier knowledge of your system and any problems that you had. There is no way that he should be charging you for a second service call.
yes it can lol get them back out husband says if its not wired to the mains this is why its beeping get the electritian back out and tell him if he doesnt sort it youll report it to trading standards excellent luck =D
Surely if it is an alarm system, then it is NACOSS not NICEIC?
http://www.nsi.org.uk/
It sounds to me like the electrician doesn’t know alarm systems. alarm systems are more complicated than electrical systems. It may possibly be the battery, the hardwiring or it may possibly even be a ground fault which alarm systems will register as a distress and beep every so often, whatever the program has set for troubles to annunciate. You need an alarm tech, not an electrician, just make sure the alarm tech company has a c-10 license otherwise they won’t be legally able to touch the 110 part of the electrical stuff. If you live in northern california, Binkley Alarm and myself would gladly fix your conundrum the first time. excellent luck
Beeping in an alarm can indicate several different sorts of faults (including faulty connection or sensor or battery). Sometimes I have had to go back several era in order to identify the conundrum or problems.
If by ‘eventually’ you mean that he took a long time to come around then you need a new electrician. If you are in the lake district get in touch.
(Hope this is useful – I am new to this but the wife said that I might be able to help).
There are many things which can cause a fire alarm system to beep. Sometimes breaks on the line, faulty detectors, bell circuit problems, failure to communicate to the monitoring rank and of course a low battery.
Depending on how long ago the first call was and if you had any power failures in between, the tech should have been able to pick out a conundrum battery. Of course there is a difference between calling out an electrician vs a fire alarm tech.
Typically panel back up batteries last anywhere from 3 to 5 being. Less in hot environments
is it powered by the electric with a battery bk up if so then it is the battery that needs changin