"jmcquown" wrote in message ...

On 1/9/2014 2:06 PM, MaryL wrote:


"jmcquown" wrote in message ...

Yesterday morning around 10AM my alarm system started wailing. I got up
and entered the code to silence it. Meanwhile, I got a call from the
gate (SOP), is everything okay? Yes, everything is fine. Well, it
seems the system was still sending a trouble signal to the console so
they sent someone over to take a look and reset it. It took him about
10 minutes to get it to reset properly.

The thing is, Persia *knows* if that alarm goes off and the phone rings
immmediately, there will be a knock at the door. A friend discribed
it as 'The Beverly Hillbillies' syndrome... every time they heard that
mysterious "purty music", aka the doorbell, someone would be knocking on
the door. LOL

Anyway, around 3:30AM Persia and I were sound asleep when the alarm went
off again. I got up and punched in the code. The phone rang. As I was
telling the guy there's no fire, no one is hurt, it started wailing
again. Oh come on! I said I don't know what's going on, it did this
yesterday morning, too. As I was saying that it went off yet again.
Grrrr. He said I'm sending someone over to disconnect it so you can get
some sleep. Thank you!

Meanwhile, Persia knew someone would be coming over. So she went and
hid in "her" room.

He disconnected the alarm, although he said he really didn't like doing
it. Too bad. I have enough trouble sleeping without getting up every
time that thing decides to start whooping on a whim. They'll file a
report and have the alarm system guys come out to take a look.

As I was drifting off to sleep again, Persia rejoined me on the bed.
But she remained in alert mode, just waiting for the loud whoop of the
alarm, the phone ringing and that knock on the door again...

Jill

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That happened to me several years ago. In my case, I needed a new
battery for the backup system. That might be worth checking when
maintenance comes to check yours. I change batteries in various
appliances, but I could not change the big batteries in the security
system. That required a technician. Fortunately, those batteries last
a long time.

MaryL

Oh, I forgot to say, when the guard was here the first time Wednesday
morning he tested the battery. He said it was fine. Besides, I would
recognize the periodic beep it makes when the battery is running low.
I've had to replace it once.

This wasn't at all like a battery warning beep. It was a full scale
alarm. It's extremely loud. There is a horn.

Oh, and I've been informed via the Dataw Net, SCE&G this morning
acknowledged there is a problem with a blown power insulator affecting
this area. That was responsible for power "flickers" and disruption of
some services for a few seconds. My electricity flashed on and off a
few times this morning. But that was hours after my security system had
been disconnected. I'm now wondering if they had other electric
"flickers" which might have triggered my alarm in the middle of the night.

I'll still have the system checked out before reconnecting.

Jill

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The backup batteries that come with my security system do not make a beeping
sound (quite unlike the batteries with ordinary smoke alarms). The time
mine were activated was when we lost power for 7 days following one of the
hurricanes. Then the batteries caused an unrelenting, piercing screech. It
was almost unbearable, and it was probably much worse for the cats since
they have such sensitive hearing. Luckily, I was able to get someone to
come in and disconnect it until we had power again. As I said earlier, I
can change batteries in most appliances, but these are very large batteries
and require special tools.

MaryL