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« on: 10 October 2011, 11:26:58 »
hay all. just recently my car alarm has started to go off on its own accord, however it would seem that the omega is fitted with two alarms as mine both-

1. has a alarm via the car horns with the hazards flashing
2. has a 'siren' style alarm with no hazards flashing

ive never heard the siren one before until last night and reading up info on the powersounder on this forum i am a bit confused. when the powersounder is disconnected and removed (doing it tonight) which alarm are you disconnecting? the car horn with hazards one or the siren with no hazards one?

if it is disconnecting the car horn with hazards one then how do you go about disconnecting the siren with no hazards one?

in my opinion it is the alarm with the car horn that is much more annoying but i would like to disconnect BOTH the alarms (car is in a locked, alarmed garage).

im pretty sure that i read on here somewhere that someone had removed the powersounder and all the wiring associated with it?

thanks for advance for the advice.
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Re: powersounder
« Reply #1 on: 10 October 2011, 11:29:34 »
There is one alarm only

It had the horns, and the powersounder.

In normal operation, both sound together. (iirc, cant check cos I dont have any powersounders, it may be only the horn sounds normally)

The powersounder has its only electrics and batteries in it.
If power is disconencted, only the powersounder will sound because the horn has no power.

However, when they get old, the batteries can fail and leak, causing what you heard.

Disconnect it, and dispose of it ASAP.

They can and do set fire to themselves due to leakage!  it happened to us, and several other people.

not a nice way to lose your car.
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Re: powersounder
« Reply #2 on: 10 October 2011, 11:30:55 »
Ah, this sounds like the same problem as I had on 2 of my omegas. I believe that the problem is with the alarms own battery (yes it has one)
in that is has run out of juice!  My mate (vauxhall auto electrician) took the whole thing out and threw it in the bin.

He then got his vauxhall computer thingy plugged it in, did something with that and now when the alarm goes off, just the horn sounds!  I'm fairly confident that this is the same thing just dont ask me why he didn't change the battery!
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Re: powersounder
« Reply #3 on: 10 October 2011, 11:35:32 »
its a sealed unit, and not always possible - some can be dismantled though :y

see :

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1259433462

for our lucky escape
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Re: powersounder
« Reply #4 on: 10 October 2011, 11:37:17 »
Quote from: Jimbob on 10 October 2011, 11:29:34
There is one alarm only

It had the horns, and the powersounder.

In normal operation, both sound together. (iirc, cant check cos I dont have any powersounders, it may be only the horn sounds normally)

The powersounder has its only electrics and batteries in it.
If power is disconencted, only the powersounder will sound because the horn has no power.

However, when they get old, the batteries can fail and leak, causing what you heard.

Disconnect it, and dispose of it ASAP.

They can and do set fire to themselves due to leakage!  it happened to us, and several other people.

not a nice way to lose your car.

let me make sure i got this correct. when i disconnect the powersounder BOTH the siren alarm and car horn alarm (even though they are one alram) will cease to go off? its just ive read on here that poeple have disconnected there powersounders and the car horn alarms have still gone off?
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Re: powersounder
« Reply #5 on: 10 October 2011, 11:42:22 »
no....remvoe the powersounder.

Nothing else will change

all it means in real terms, is that if someone removes your battery prior to disturbing the car, there will be no alarm.

if the battery (main car battery) is still attached, then the alarm functions as normal.
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Re: powersounder
« Reply #6 on: 10 October 2011, 11:46:09 »
Jimbob is corrrect if this is the same across all models.  Although my auto electrician buddy definately did something with the vauxhall computer thingy!
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Re: powersounder
« Reply #7 on: 10 October 2011, 11:48:12 »
oh, and thanks Jimbob, at least I now know why he threw both away!
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Re: powersounder
« Reply #8 on: 10 October 2011, 11:56:00 »
he probably just looked with the computer.

On some other vauxhalls, I beleive they are paired to the car, and the ecu is told they are there.

There is nothing computer related that can be done with the powersounder (other than issuing a test alarm sound to it) on an omega :y
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Re: powersounder
« Reply #9 on: 10 October 2011, 11:59:20 »
hmmm odd that, I'll ask him when I see him
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