Racal Guardall motion detectors

Dec 15, 2007 Last reply: 3 years ago 3 Replies
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Looking for a little info on Racal Guardall motion detectors. I have one from a takeover we did last week, and am wondering how old it is.



It's the "Apollo C" model, batch number 8814, which somewhat resembles this pic (best one I could find at the moment)...

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Any info would be appreciated, despite the fact that this thing is already half way into a garbage can.


- Chris


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The Apollo C is probably one of the best motion detectors I've ever worked with. Chubb sold them exclusively to the residential and light commercial markets (which is how I was introduced to the product) in Canada. SSI-2000 (a distributor that eventually "merged" with Burtek/ADI years ago) used to handle them, but they were on the expensive side (and consequently not very popular).

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Do you know how to replace battery for the Apollo C ?

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interesting link..

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if the PIR is battery powered, from that era, they usually were 3 volt.. If it was like most, the battery would be in a holder tray behind the PC Board.. On some rare units, they battery might be soldered onto the pcb. In which case you'd need to do a little solder work, Be sure an use head sink clips on the legs when doing you soldering..

**( be sure and make note of the polarity, and replace in same fashion..) It might be more to your advantage to replace the unit completely. RTS
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