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Omega Help Area => Omega Electrical and Audio Help => Topic started by: LFF64 on 13 March 2009, 15:34:06

Title: POWER SOUNDER BATTERY
Post by: LFF64 on 13 March 2009, 15:34:06

Did anyone ever find out if there is a replacement for these batteries .
I think mine is starting to fail , what are the symptons please  :y

Title: Re: POWER SOUNDER BATTERY
Post by: Kevin Wood on 13 March 2009, 15:54:29

Four beeps when you switch ignition on/off (can't remember which) or general unpredictabilty, false alarms, etc.

Disconnect it pronto if it is playing up in case the battery leaks and shorts out.

The batteries are just standard PCB mounted NiCd or NiMh cells. The main issues are cutting the sounder open for access and resealing it and getting there before the batteries have leaked all over the board and rendered it FUBAR.

Kevin

Title: Re: POWER SOUNDER BATTERY
Post by: Andy B on 13 March 2009, 15:57:29

Quote

Did anyone ever find out if there is a replacement for these batteries .
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Steve MJ is the man who can ................ & will  :y

Title: Re: POWER SOUNDER BATTERY
Post by: LFF64 on 13 March 2009, 16:09:35

At the moment it is occasionally going off when the ignition is turned on and it has also started to sound while driving the car  :-[ does that sound like the batery on its way out  :question

Title: Re: POWER SOUNDER BATTERY
Post by: tomoco on 13 March 2009, 16:31:36

Yes mate that sounds just like the sounder batteries dying. just disconnect it mate. You still have the main alarm horn as the sounder is only there if somebody disconnects the main car battery.
P.S. when you've unplugged it test your alarm (bonnet switch is the easiest way) just to make sure your alarm horn works.
Mine was duff so had to buy a new one (think about £15)

Mark

Title: Re: POWER SOUNDER BATTERY
Post by: vauxmad on 13 March 2009, 18:17:05

they are normally 2 or three aa size batterys soldered and wrapped together not sure if dealers can supply them

Title: Re: POWER SOUNDER BATTERY
Post by: LFF64 on 21 March 2009, 23:05:45

I have pulled the power sounder out today , question is as I was moving it about with out the wires disconnected it kept giving short burst of noise  :-[ , that was with ignition on or off  :-/ I know the batteries are possibly FUBAR but should this have happened and should it have gone off when it was disconnected  :question.
 I had a spare unit I have had kicking around for a while and this seems to be behaving at the moment .
 I am going to try to take the old one apart and just see whats going on in there .
I have noticed there are a few people having problems with these at the moment I am wondering if the change in weather may be doing something to them  :-/

Title: POWER SOUNDER BATTERY
Post by: hotel21 on 22 March 2009, 10:26:26

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