How To Fix Alarm Window Sensor

Quick guide on how to set up a faulty door alarm sensor If you're having problems with the door sensor on your dwelling house alarm system then showtime y'all due west

Quick guide on how to fix a faulty door alert sensor

If yous're having problems with the door sensor on your habitation alert system then first yous will need to assess the reason for the sensor not working, information technology will likely be 1 of 4 reasons:

Faulty contact: most probable the magnetic has failed
Gap too large: the space between the two contact is too broad
Loose wires: the wires to the connectors at the dorsum of the contact are loose / become asunder
Damaged cable: the cable to the door contact has become damaged

Depending on the cause you volition accept to:

Remove and replace the contact.
Move the contacts closer together
Bank check the wires and prepare if loose.
Replace the cable if damaged.

More in-depth faulty warning sensor user guide

Please annotation, if your door alert sensor isn't working on your infiltrator warning system, then it's likely that:

a) A Tamper indicator on your alarm panel will prove on the door zone.

b) It's probable that your alarm arrangement will not set properly.

There are generally four reasons why the door alert sensor will non be working:

1. Broken Contact; The door contact is broken (for case, the magnet has de-sensitised)
To fix this, all you need to do is to remove and supersede the contact.

two. The Gap betwixt contacts is too large; (The gap betwixt the two contacts is too big)

To fix this, yous need to move the contacts closer to each other.

3. Loose Wires; The wires may have come loose from the contact

To fix this, y'all demand to check the wires and re-ready.

4. Damaged Cable; The wire to the door contact may have been damaged

To set this you need to bring together and replace the cable.

Lookout how to video

We've put together the following 'how to video' showing you why your burglar alarm door sensor may not be working, and how to ready it:

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