What batteries go inside the alarm

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Post Wed Jan 08, 2014 12:52 am

So what batteries go insides the alarm?
I have this type alarm you can just see on top of the arch.
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Post Mon Feb 24, 2014 3:56 pm

No
They exploded so I removed them but that was about 2 years ago.
I can't remember what they look like so anyone know them ?
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Post Mon Feb 24, 2014 6:29 pm

There's another current thread with the info. you want.
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Post Mon Feb 24, 2014 6:46 pm

You got the name?
If not I'll look.
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Post Thu Jun 26, 2014 5:46 pm

Would this work in my car?
http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/111375246908?nav=SEARCH
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Post Thu Jun 26, 2014 8:47 pm

The issues I had with my alarm and the replacement battery is on this thread:

http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... highlight=

I got a battery made up which worked but it's a little larger than the original but with the pins bent in it fitted.
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Post Thu Jun 26, 2014 9:20 pm

The prob I'm having is my key don't work and a wire has appeared from somewhere?
How much you pay for the battery ?
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Post Fri Jun 27, 2014 7:13 am

It's in the thread £27.59.

Others said you could use house alarm batteries with similar voltages.
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Post Sun Jun 29, 2014 7:19 pm

Ok help. Where these 2 wires go to?
The brown n black wire
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Ino one end goes on the board but where the other end of the black wire go?
Can it run with no batteries connected just off the car battery? By maybe connecting the 2 wires
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Post Sun Jun 29, 2014 7:29 pm

And anyone got a picture of the alarm key wires so I can see which goes where? I got the 2 blacks on there
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Post Sun Jun 29, 2014 9:36 pm

Anyone I urgently want help.
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Post Tue Jul 01, 2014 3:56 pm

jas025 wrote:It's in the thread £27.59.

Others said you could use house alarm batteries with similar voltages.
You got the link or whatever?
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Post Wed Jul 02, 2014 7:24 pm

jas025 wrote:The issues I had with my alarm and the replacement battery is on this thread:

http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... highlight=

I got a battery made up which worked but it's a little larger than the original but with the pins bent in it fitted.
It's in the thread.
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Post Wed Jul 02, 2014 10:06 pm

What's the sizes I can use then?
I'm talking the battery sizes you used.
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Post Sat Aug 02, 2014 6:17 pm

So I got time to take some pictures of the inside of the alarm key wiring.

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You can see where 2 of the wires go and the 3rd one is the one on the right of the two black wires in front of the battery.

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So on your switch going clockwise, you have the 2 black leads already in place then skip one pin then you have the 3rd black lead that goes round in front of the +ve end of the battery then you have the brown wire from the loom then you have a blank pin.
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Post Sat Aug 02, 2014 8:01 pm

So are mine the right way around
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Post Sat Aug 02, 2014 8:23 pm

I'm assuming they are but there's 2 wires missing - the brown one from the loom and then another that goes to the board in front of the battery terminal.
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Post Sat Aug 02, 2014 9:25 pm

I soldered the brown n black onto there terminals.
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Post Sat Aug 02, 2014 9:27 pm

BROOMY wrote:I soldered the brown n black onto there terminals.

And ?
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Post Sat Aug 02, 2014 10:35 pm

pacerpete wrote:
BROOMY wrote:I soldered the brown n black onto there terminals.

And ?

..... BROOMY became BOOMY.
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Post Sat Aug 02, 2014 10:44 pm

Still don't seen to work.
But it has no battery ATM if that will affect it.
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Post Sat Aug 02, 2014 11:18 pm

ATM FTW ! :)
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Post Sat Aug 02, 2014 11:19 pm

What's that mean ? Ino what the ATM and FTW mean
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