Came down to the boat to find a 12 Point Alarm beeping.
Checked everything and found nothing but dry bilges.
The Silence button will not work. At first if I taped it and used the silence a bit it would silence.
If you hit test I get the for system light on 3 of 4. The bilge is not lighting up, in either system. If you hit test the alarm is louder and the silence will work durning the test.
Any ideas?
How about stop this until I find out. What is power to the back of the alarm? Is there a wiring location other than the two boxes? Sounds like the box?
The alarm wiring that I have seen show the bilge Normally closed, but I also have read it is Normally open. Is the bilge NC or NO.
Thanks!!
Phil
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Thread: 12 Point Alarm Error
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09-25-2020 08:07 AM #1Senior Member
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12 Point Alarm Error
Aperture
1977 53' MY Hull #492
Barnegat lighthouse, LBI NJ
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09-25-2020 09:15 AM #2Senior Member
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Re: 12 Point Alarm Error
As far as I know , everything is normally closed . This seems like a good idea , as a bad connection or a broken wire will turn it on and alert you to the problem. My boat has a fuse for the warning system in the battery disconnect boxes . It is marked , so it can be identified easily when you open the hinged panel.
JMooney
61 MY 1983 #341
“Jerrie”
Miami , FL
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09-25-2020 09:33 AM #3Senior Member
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Re: 12 Point Alarm Error
Anyone have the 53 my fuse location?
Aperture
1977 53' MY Hull #492
Barnegat lighthouse, LBI NJ
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Re: 12 Point Alarm Error
If you have two alarm systems, one at the helm and one on the flybridge, check them both. Sometimes the test buttons can get stuck. Apply a little WD 40 and use a set of pliers if needed to loosen the buttons.
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Hatteras of Cheoy Lee
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09-25-2020 10:33 AM #5Senior Member
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Re: 12 Point Alarm Error
Thank you!
I had WD 40 on the helm but no surprise it was the fly that had gotten funky.
My first passed on the fly worked long enough for me to get off the bridge. 2nd pass is holding. It seems like you are completely right, the test button is seemed to have dried out/corroded and was making partial contact.
thank you!
much better then tracing ever sensor only to find them functional.Aperture
1977 53' MY Hull #492
Barnegat lighthouse, LBI NJ
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Re: 12 Point Alarm Error
Congratulations that was a cheap and easy fix. We all leaned something from this post. This is why I read this forum everyday.
SEVEN
1979 53' MY Hull #563
Antioch, California
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Re: 12 Point Alarm Error
Had the same silence issue. I spray lubed it for a couple of years until that failed to work. Installed new silence switch from Sams. You can clip a horn wire if you need relief.
Semper Siesta
Robert Clarkson
ASLAN, 1983 55C #343
Charleston, SC
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09-25-2020 03:36 PM #8
Re: 12 Point Alarm Error
Sams has been out of the bulbs for a while but when they come in would it be wrong to cut and use telephone wire connectors instead of removing and re soldering the new wires to the terminal?
Dave & Trina
Benedetto
1989 60MY HATDK310
Sturgeon Bay/Ft. Lauderdale
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