testing siren question
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testing siren question
I'm installing a Code Alarm CA140 system and everything seems to work alright except the siren does not work!
I hooked up 12 volts and ground to the two wires that go to the siren and all I get is a small "burble" sound out of the siren.
Should the siren go off loud and continuous with 12 volts??
Wes V
I hooked up 12 volts and ground to the two wires that go to the siren and all I get is a small "burble" sound out of the siren.
Should the siren go off loud and continuous with 12 volts??
Wes V
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Re: testing siren question (Wes V)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Wes V »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I'm installing a Code Alarm CA140 system and everything seems to work alright except the siren does not work!
I hooked up 12 volts and ground to the two wires that go to the siren and all I get is a small "burble" sound out of the siren.
Should the siren go off loud and continuous with 12 volts??
Wes V</TD></TR></TABLE>
giving it 12volt should get loud like a regular alarm siren.
it should be loud if not its defective. cut the black wire might increase the volume in the loudness
I hooked up 12 volts and ground to the two wires that go to the siren and all I get is a small "burble" sound out of the siren.
Should the siren go off loud and continuous with 12 volts??
Wes V</TD></TR></TABLE>
giving it 12volt should get loud like a regular alarm siren.
it should be loud if not its defective. cut the black wire might increase the volume in the loudness
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Cutting the wire only changes the loudness of the chirps not the siren part if there is one wire. If there is a second wire, it's for the tones when the siren goes off. The siren is bad by the way.....get a new one.
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I found the "problem".
It's not really a siren, on this system it's a speaker.
Due to the progamable nature of this system, you have to activate the speaker. without doing this, the only indication that it's working is the horn, which I haven't hooked up yet.
Once I programed the speaker to work, it's working fine.
I have to say that the tech support at Code Alarm was very good! I know that some manufacturers don't want to talk to anybody that isn't a licensed installer, but they kindly answered my question (and knew exactly what the issue was).
Wes
It's not really a siren, on this system it's a speaker.
Due to the progamable nature of this system, you have to activate the speaker. without doing this, the only indication that it's working is the horn, which I haven't hooked up yet.
Once I programed the speaker to work, it's working fine.
I have to say that the tech support at Code Alarm was very good! I know that some manufacturers don't want to talk to anybody that isn't a licensed installer, but they kindly answered my question (and knew exactly what the issue was).
Wes
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