Honeywell G4 - Internal Speaker Volume

[Nick Simpson]

Hi All

I've just replaced an old alarm system with a Honeywell G4. I've noticed that the internal speaker is much louder when the bell strobe is on.

For instance, if I turn the strobe on in the engineering mode when I press the button the keypad beeps through the speaker are considerably louder.

Any ideas? Is this normal?

 

[buzzlightyear]

because it is wired to l/s on the internal speaker .

 

[Nick Simpson]

Hi and thanks for the super quick reply.

I haven't altered the wiring in the internal speaker so I'm not sure what l/s means. Can you please clarify? Is it okay to leave as it is?

Thanks again

 

[Nick Simpson]

I've read up and L/S seems to refer to the speaker connectors. It appears that polarity doesn't normally matter so not sure why the speaker is significantly louder when the bell strobe is flashing (if it was quieter I'd be thinking that could be due to a sighpower drain.)They seem to be unrelated parts of the system so I'm just worried there's a short in the wiring.

 

[buzzlightyear]

the reason the internal sounder is louder internal is to deafen the burglars .

 

[buzzlightyear]

I've read up and L/S seems to refer to the speaker connectors. It appears that polarity doesn't normally matter so not sure why the speaker is significantly louder when the bell strobe is flashing (if it was quieter I'd be thinking that could be due to a sighpower drain.)They seem to be unrelated parts of the system so I'm just worried there's a short in the wiring.

me thinks you need to have some one to have
a look at it .

 

[Nick Simpson]

So it's normal for the volume of key presses and everything else to increase when turning on the strobe in test mode? I haven't tested whether the same thing happens when the bell is activated (too late now to test).

If it's just a cost-cutting hard-wired "feature" then I'm fine with that. Just wanted to make sure.

 

[buzzlightyear]

and the man who is near to you will be along any moment .

 

[Nick Simpson]

I'm now telling myself to RTFM! It actually says activating strobe and sounder together activates the high volume sounder test.

 

[buzzlightyear]

I'm just worried there's a short in the wiring.

are the fuses in tacked any blown ?

 

[Nick Simpson]

Everything is fine. The manual says that what it's doing is correct so I'm very happy.

 

[telectrix]

are the fuses in tacked any blown ?

fuses are generally clipped into the holder. they are never tacked. carpets and sailing boats are tacked.