I have an old ADT Alarm whose wires ran under the carpet. Yesterday I had wood floors installed and now there are wires running on top of the floors attached to sensors and doors. I don't plan on using the alarm again but am unsure whether I can cut the wires and remove them. Any advice?
Removing wires from deactivated ADT system
- Thread starter Bergen202
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Depending on how its set up will depend on how it responds.
its best to get a system professionally decomisioned.
Cutting the cables can damage the system and cause the alarm to activate.
If you have exernal sounders, you may upset the neighbours and in the USA they may have guns?
its best to get a system professionally decomisioned.
Cutting the cables can damage the system and cause the alarm to activate.
If you have exernal sounders, you may upset the neighbours and in the USA they may have guns?
To completely decommission the system, you need to remove mains power and battery backup power. You will generate tampers and the alarm WILL go off.
First, check how much equipment you have which is powered by the mains. Usually, this is just the main control panel but, in larger installations, you may have additional power supplies.
First, open up the bell, disconnect the 12V power and the backup battery. Then open up the control panel (and any PSUs) and disconnect the mains (by pulling out the fuse?) and the battery by pulling off the faston terminals. Now the whole system is dead, you can start chopping cables (except the mains cables and any telephone lines!).
You'll find more posts on powering down and decommissioning on this forum...
First, check how much equipment you have which is powered by the mains. Usually, this is just the main control panel but, in larger installations, you may have additional power supplies.
First, open up the bell, disconnect the 12V power and the backup battery. Then open up the control panel (and any PSUs) and disconnect the mains (by pulling out the fuse?) and the battery by pulling off the faston terminals. Now the whole system is dead, you can start chopping cables (except the mains cables and any telephone lines!).
You'll find more posts on powering down and decommissioning on this forum...
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