Maintaining Your System; Taking Care Of Your System; Replacing Batteries In Wireless Sensors - Honeywell VISTA-128BPT User Manual

Section 36: Maintaining Your System
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Taking Care of Your System

The components of your security system are designed to be as free of maintenance as possible.
However, there are some things you can do to make sure that your system is in reliable working
condition.
1.
Test your system weekly.
2. Test the system after any alarm occurs (see TESTING THE SYSTEM).

Replacing Batteries in Wireless Sensors

Wireless sensors
may not have been
used in your
security system
If you have a low battery in a wireless sensor, a low battery message is displayed on the keypad.
In addition, a battery-operated smoke detector with a low battery also emits a single "chirp" sound
once approximately every 20-30 seconds, identifying itself as the smoke detector with the weak
battery. If you do not replace a smoke detector's low battery, the smoke detector may sound
continuously, as if there were a fire alarm.
NOTE: The low battery message comes on as a warning that battery replacement in indicated
sensor(s) is due within 30 days. In the meantime, the sensor(s) causing the low battery
indication is still fully operational.
IMPORTANT!
Use only batteries recommended by your installer as replacement.
Each wireless sensor in your system has a 9-volt or 3-volt battery. The
system detects a low battery in any wireless sensor, including smoke
detectors, the optional personal emergency transmitter, and the optional
portable wireless key. (A low battery in a portable wireless keypad is detected
as soon as one of its keys is pressed, and the keypad will display 00.)
Alkaline batteries provide a minimum of 1 year of operation, and in most
units and applications, provide 2–4 years of service. Actual battery life will
depend on the environment in which the sensor is used, the number of
signals that the transmitter in the sensor has had to send, and the specific
type of sensor. Factors such as humidity, high or low temperatures or large
swings in temperature, may all lead to the reduction of actual battery life in
an installation.
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