Alarm triggered on power shutdown Optima Compact G4 panel?

[dtokez]

Hi all. I plugged in a faulty appliance that caused the main breaker to trip so the panel lost power.

It went into alarm mode, and the first thing I did was head for the panel, but no power on it? No LED's or keypad lighting?

the bell box is mounted low down as it is on an outhouse - and the breaker is in the house so it was easier to open it up rather than trek to the house, I disconnected the battery to silence it and it kind of worked, although it was beeping periodically and the LED was flashing fast.

I opened the panel and disconnected the battery to remove all power which obviously worked. The battery in the panel was reading 12.8V so doesn't seem faulty?

Any ideas what happened?

 

[Europlex]

Oh dear. How many more times, 12.8V shown at the battery terminals is fine, could be a bit higher, but what is the Ah reading, that's the important one?

Your battery IS faulty.

The meter to check the Ah will cost you abt. £220 inc VAT

 

[dtokez]

Ok, I did think it must have been the battery at fault, but I thought it was strange that it was powering the bell box after I took its battery out but not the keypad etc. Maybe that's why the sounder was only bipping' then?

I have got an electronic load at work that I could test the capacity with, but I may as well just get a new one ordered.

Thanks for the help!