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Veritas Alarm

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  • elantan
    elantan Posts: 21,022 Forumite
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    thank you all very very much for getting back to me i will go get a battery this weekend and get it done ... will let you know if it worked ok
  • elantan
    elantan Posts: 21,022 Forumite
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    Hi all
    just to let you know hubby bought a new battery while at work and bought a fuse for just incase ... it appeared that with our alarm it was a case of both .... thank you all for all your help you have saved me a fortune we were getting ready to go buy a new alarm system ... had a company out to quote us ... £6k was the quote ( we wernt going to go with that one honest) ... but you have all saved us a fortune

    thank you very much
  • bondy01
    bondy01 Posts: 400 Forumite
    6k for an alarm! Were do you live? Buckingham palace. What were they doing for that? A Veritas 8 is much less than £100 , it must have been major works for that. When I bought and fitted mine there were spare fuses provided.
  • elantan
    elantan Posts: 21,022 Forumite
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    oh i dont think it was the alarm i think it was the company trying to make money ... mse is full of stay away from these cowboys messages about the company that came round
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