the saga continues... the new house has a security system installed. magnet switches in every door, etc. it made a *really* loud, annoying squawk whenever a door was opened. it's a 'first alert' bran
Disclaimer: I'm not a telephone expert. I've played with phone lines a bit over the years, but that's the extent of my "expertise". Sometimes the alarm system is set up so that it can "sieze" the lin
That's possible, but it's very common for the phone company to install a dry pair to your house (the cable has two pairs, the terminal block has 4 terminals, might's well use them). And all the alar
Everyone replying thus far makes sense. The only way that the alarm system can have control of the phones is if it takes the connection from the aerial line first. If you trace the aerial line (the l
I can't answer your questions specifically, but I did have a similar situation when I moved into this house. The alarm system was tied to a provider that I immediate disliked and wanted to disconnect
Funny, my manual says "10lb sledge" on the side of it... =) Works every time, and it isn't brand-specific so I don't have to waste valuable time searching for literature. On the phone issue - the ala
Do a search on the web for the model or brand name. The squawking is usually a door chime 'feature' that can usually be disabled. Also if it looks like you have a PBX type system, sometimes you might
to dial (using your regular phone line) the monitoring company whenever there's an alarm. To do this, the alarm is placed in series with the phones in your house so it's first in line, and can hang
Mine is like this too, but the "line seizer" is down in the basement near the main telephone service entrance. It's just a little plastic box with three phone connections, line in, alarm out and hous