ADT LED Light

Kingsd316

Hi All

Has anybody replaced the batteries in their ADT alarm bell box to get the blue LED lights working again? Just wondering whether to try it myself if its just a simple battery change or get ADT to do it but they want a stupid call out charge. Looked on Youtube for a guide but cant seem to find any.

If it helps this appears to be the battery/setup needed, looks like standard AA batteries in some kind of battery unit (says LR06 AA on the white battery pack)



Thanks

Norman_Castle

Try taking the cover off and removing the failed batteries. If you can do that matching and replacing them should be possible.

Kingsd316

Thanks so open up the white packaging and just take out the old batteries? sounds straight forward, will get the ladders out on the weekend!

brightontraveller

There normally same as used in remote control cars etc you’ll need to match the charge rate mAH and voltage they do vary e.g 4.5 v 600mah etc

These do quite a few

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/battery_cell_uk/m.html?item=151336702838&hash=item233c5ed376&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562

If you can’t find the same pack you’ll need to buy individual ones and solder together you may need to put control panel in test mode and down power panel e.g. unplug and disconnect battery in control panel they will also take several hours to charge normally

tuggy12

brightontraveller wrote: »

There normally same as used in remote control cars etc you’ll need to match the charge rate mAH and voltage they do vary e.g 4.5 v 600mah etc

These do quite a few

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/battery_cell_uk/m.html?item=151336702838&hash=item233c5ed376&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562

If you can’t find the same pack you’ll need to buy individual ones and solder together you may need to put control panel in test mode and down power panel e.g. unplug and disconnect battery in control panel they will also take several hours to charge normally

I doubt if they're rechargeable batteries.


Probably just 4 x AA regular batteries.

Kingsd316

Ok thanks, will get the box off the wall at the weekend and see what battery unit i need. - Doing it the ebay way is much cheaper than calling adt out

Looking on ebay this is a close up

brightontraveller

I have never seen a sounder with non rechargeable batteries the packs normally have dual function the pretty little leds flashing telling you if the systems working, the alarm has been activated etc and to power strobe/siren in the event that alarm is activated or someone cuts the feed to it non rechargeable would last no time at all…?


[FONT=&quot]They may not have the voltage mah on the outer blister packaging so carefully remove this and you should see it on the individual batteries then simply add the together e.g. Individual battery 1.5 v 600mah etc if there are four would be 4 x 1.5 = 6v so pack would need to be 6v 600mah

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tuggy12

brightontraveller wrote: »

I have never seen a sounder with non rechargeable batteries the packs normally have dual function the pretty little leds flashing telling you if the systems working, the alarm has been activated etc and to power strobe/siren in the event that alarm is activated or someone cuts the feed to it non rechargeable would last no time at all…?


[FONT=&quot]They may not have the voltage mah on the outer blister packaging so carefully remove this and you should see it on the individual batteries then simply add the together e.g. Individual battery 1.5 v 600mah etc if there are four would be 4 x 1.5 = 6v so pack would need to be 6v 600mah

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[/FONT] mAH means mili ampere hour. It is a measure of the energy storage capability of the battery you should be able to use higher e’g if it were 600 mah 800 mah 1200 mah etc but depends on how the its set up to charge it. how sensitive the items it powers are etc

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But this isn't a sounder, it's just a box with a flashing led.


You can see from the latest pic it's just 4 x standard AA batts wired in series to give 6 volts.

Kingsd316

Thanks again, very knowledgeable posts, i think the best thing to do is get one of them down (as I have one at the front and one at the back) and see what's inside over the weekend as the pictures I posted are not of my actual unit just google images.

I have a full alarm system but as far as I'm aware the boxes are just empty with the blue LED as the actual siren is located in the house

tuggy12

Kingsd316 wrote: »

Thanks again, very knowledgeable posts, i think the best thing to do is get one of them down (as I have one at the front and one at the back) and see whats inside over the weekend as the pictures i posted are not the actual unit,

I have a full alarm system but as far as im aware they boxes are just empty with the blue LED as the actual siren is located in the house

What you have posted is a picture of a standard ADT dummy box which contains only the flashing LED and a battery pack. There are no other connections so it definitely does not need rechargeable batteries.

brightontraveller

tuggy12 wrote: »

What you have posted is a picture of a standard ADT dummy box which contains only the flashing LED and a battery pack. There are no other connections so it definitely does not need rechargeable batteries.

I assumed they have not taken the box down as they say in original post “this appears to be the battery” and it’s taken from here

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ADT-Alarm-Bell-Box-Dummy-with-LEDs-EXCELLENT-CONDITION-/281631898290?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item419291bab2

If theirs is a dummy box also then they may well not be rechargeable but you can still use them as it saves you money the mah etc then is not an issue and if there's isn't a dummy box you can still use them

Also with ADT Normally one is one isn’t if there are two but both could be either way I'd use rechargeable and if you use the remote control car type ones you can get a charger which means so fussing around soldering them together retaping etc etc cost less long run and less hassle