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oh 'dangle berries'
« on: 17 January 2011, 18:01:58 »
now im peed off












« Last Edit: 17 January 2011, 18:04:43 by mantagte »
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Re: oh 'dangle berries'
« Reply #1 on: 17 January 2011, 18:04:14 »
 :o :o :o :o

OMG!  I hope you and your family were unhurt at least.....

RIP miggy?  :'(
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« Reply #2 on: 17 January 2011, 18:04:21 »
Oh no!! :o :o :o :o :o

That looks suspiciously like a fire caused by the power sounder going up!! :'( :'( :'( :'(

When did it happen??
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Re: oh 'dangle berries'
« Reply #3 on: 17 January 2011, 18:05:41 »
How the bloody hell did that happen.  :o :o
Don`t say it was the powersounder
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Re: oh 'dangle berries'
« Reply #4 on: 17 January 2011, 18:09:48 »
we were indoors wallpapering at the time
sat down for a cup of tea about 2.30 this afternoon
swmbo said its a bit foggy i said are you sure its not smoke
she looked again and yes it's my ******* car
rushed out with the hose pipe but she was well alight
fire brigade came and put the rest out
poor miggy
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Re: oh 'dangle berries'
« Reply #5 on: 17 January 2011, 18:11:16 »
Ouch, sorry to say it does look 'more' localised to the powerosunder, but very hard to say with that level of damage. we were so luck catching ours before it had done any real damage :'( :'( :'(
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Re: oh 'dangle berries'
« Reply #6 on: 17 January 2011, 18:13:52 »
At least no one was in the car at the time  :(

Does look like the dreaded power sounder  :'(
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Re: oh 'dangle berries'
« Reply #7 on: 17 January 2011, 18:14:09 »
gotta find another one now
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Re: oh 'dangle berries'
« Reply #8 on: 17 January 2011, 18:20:31 »
sorry for you loss kev. not nice mate.

what causes this powersounder to do this??
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Re: oh 'dangle berries'
« Reply #9 on: 17 January 2011, 18:23:42 »
christ thats sickening.

what on earth is a power sounder? and why did your car just catch fire???
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Re: oh 'dangle berries'
« Reply #10 on: 17 January 2011, 18:25:38 »
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sorry for you loss kev. not nice mate.

what causes this powersounder to do this??

several theorys, but batteries break down and leak, and catch fire.

Possibly worse if the main battery voltage is a lttle low
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« Reply #11 on: 17 January 2011, 18:28:01 »
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christ thats sickening.

what on earth is a power sounder? and why did your car just catch fire???


It sits just under the drivers side wiper scuttle  as part of the alarm system. As Jimbob says the batteries can breakdown and catch fire as a number of members have previously found!! :o :o :'( :'(

It reminds me I must remove mine!! :P :P
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Re: oh 'dangle berries'
« Reply #12 on: 17 January 2011, 18:29:38 »
I think what happens is the powersounder batteries leak 'conductive goo' that shorts out the permanent (CAT 1 requirement - no fuse) feed to the unit.
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Re: oh 'dangle berries'
« Reply #13 on: 17 January 2011, 18:32:21 »
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It sits just under the drivers side wiper scuttle  as part of the alarm system. As Jimbob says the batteries can breakdown and catch fire as a number of members have previously found!!   

It reminds me I must remove mine!!   

crikey.... can this happen when ya driving? any warnings its gonna happen? :o :o :o
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« Reply #14 on: 17 January 2011, 18:35:13 »
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It sits just under the drivers side wiper scuttle  as part of the alarm system. As Jimbob says the batteries can breakdown and catch fire as a number of members have previously found!!   

It reminds me I must remove mine!!   

crikey.... can this happen when ya driving? any warnings its gonna happen? :o :o :o


Yes I believe it did happen to one member whilst driving, but usually it is when the car is parked up as in this case.

There would seem to be little warning it is going to happen, apart from sometimes beeps are heard coming from the sounder days before it goes up!! :o :o :o :o ;)
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