DSC PC5010 Battery Low Error

I think that approach has already been offered here. js

LOL js

The transformer could be plugged into a switched outlet

Doug

That's not much. What about the keypads? PGM? What else is powered by the panel? Have you checked for shorts to ground?

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| > Crash Gordon wrote: | > > What kind of battery? | > > You still need to measure your current draw on aux...see different part of | > > this thread. | > > Some device is probably overdrawing your aux power. | > >

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| > > | > >>I have been stumped on this for a long time. A while back, my keypad | > > | > >>gave me an error message, battery low. I had changed my battery for a | > > | > >>new one and the error went away. Exactly 1 week later the error | > > | > >>message came back up. I checked the battery, and it was down to

10 | > > | > >>volts. Not soon afterwards my board went bad. I had my alarm | > > | > >>installer replace my board with a new one. I had hooked up my battery | > > | > >>to a battery charger that I had and charged it back up to 13 volts. I | > > | > >>placed the battery back in the cabinet, again exactly one week later | > > I | > > | > >>had the low battery light come on again. At that point, I thought my | > > | > >>transformer might be on the blink, so I bought a new DSC transformer. | > > | > >>I had taken the battery out again and recharged it on a battery | > > charger | > > | > >>again. I put it back in. again exactly one week later the low battery | > > | > >>light came on again. I thought at this point that my battery may have | > > | > >>been screwed up from charging it on a seperate battery charging unit, | > > | > >>I went ahead and bought a new battery again. I now have a new PC5010 | > > | > >>board, a new transformer, and a new battery, one week later the | > > | > >>battery low error popped up again!!, I checked the VAC on the leds | > > | > >>coming from the PC5010 board and I get about 13.5 volts. I checked | > > the | > > | > >>battery itself and I get 10 volts, I connect the leads to the battery, | > > | > >>and I get a total of 10 volts. | > > | > >>

| > > | > >>What the hell is going on here? why can't I get this damm thing | > > | > >>charged?? please help!! | > > | > >

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| > > | > > You need to check the VDC coming from the battery leads out of the | > > | > > panel (without batt. connected) to check charging voltage, NOT VAC. | > > | > > It needs to be about 13.8VDC. If it's zero than replace the batt. | > > | > > fuse, if it's low there is a trim pot on the board to adjust it up. | > > | > >

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| > > | > There are no "fuses" on the 5010. And they've done away with the trim | > > | > pot in favour of a "dynamic charger". | > > | |

I'll check the keypads, there is nothing attached at the PGM terms. My system consists of 2 keypads, 2 bells, and zone expansion board. Thats all. I have the bell and all aux. terms disconnected right now. I have the battery connected. I want to see if it will charge, After one hour I checked the battery with the terms connected and I get 12.1 VDC. I will check it again in 1 hour.

Crash Gord> That's not much. What about the keypads? PGM?