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Hi All,

The battery for my home alarm system is taking a bit of a hammering during this latest round of loadshedding, to the point now where it starts making warning noises toward the end to a 2.5 hour session. Not ideal at 4am. I tested its voltage and it showed 9.2v halfway through a recent outage, which I initially thought was great until I realised it was a 12v battery and not 9v. So I'm looking for a recommendation on a good replacement battery - or are they all much the same in terms of quality?

I've attached a photo of my current battery and system. All it really does is supply the pannel, 4 PIRs, 2 LEDs and I'd guess some sort of transmitter that sends signal to our security provider.

Any recommendations would be appreciated.

Thanks

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I have the same problem with the same IDS system. Have to keep on replacing 1 x 12V 7Ah as result of the high number of load shedding cycles killing the batteries. 

Two possible solutions.

2 x Forbatt 8Ah 12Volt Lead Acid Gel connected in parallel will double your Ah value. So 12V 16Ah instead of 1 x 12V 8Ah. They just wont fit inside the IDS box.

Or - and I did speak to BlueNova about this.

They have a replacement Lithium battery (Blue nova 12v 8ah lithium) and they recon you dont need to modify the charger of the IDS alarm to charge their BlueNova battery, so its a drop in replacement. But its pretty pricey - about 3 times the price of one lead acid or gel 12V 7ah.

The Lithium battery will be able to discharge further than any lead acid battery can. Without issues.

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On 2022/04/20 at 9:15 AM, NickM said:

Hi All,

The battery for my home alarm system is taking a bit of a hammering during this latest round of loadshedding, to the point now where it starts making warning noises toward the end to a 2.5 hour session. Not ideal at 4am. I tested its voltage and it showed 9.2v halfway through a recent outage, which I initially thought was great until I realised it was a 12v battery and not 9v. So I'm looking for a recommendation on a good replacement battery - or are they all much the same in terms of quality?

Is the alarm not backed up by the solar system? That would take some strain off of the SLA battery.

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