winchman

Active Member

• Jun 2, 2017

• #1

Driving down the road with No1 son.
Alarm goes off, stops resets it drives off but could smell burning, then smoke poured out from under the bonnet, stopped and disconnected alarm siren now all ok??
Any one else had this?

 

sierrafery

Well-Known Member

• Jun 2, 2017

• #2

It's good that nobody got hurt though i'm affraid the problem is not solved cos it's possible that the alarm sounder which burned out to be still triggered by something most probably some short circuit and the smell was from the sounder.... inspect the sounder if it doesnt have burning marks on it but if it has yoiu'll have to check further

 

winchman

Active Member

• Jun 2, 2017

• #3

The plug on the back of the sounder was melting but I managed to get it off

 

sierrafery

Well-Known Member

• Jun 2, 2017

• #4

That doesnt excludes the reason why the alarm was triggered IMO

 

discool

Well-Known Member

• Jun 2, 2017

• #5

Thereis a 12v supply to the sounder, assuming u have the factory fitted BBUS sounder unit to charge the enclosed Nicad battery, a fault with the charging or the sound generating electronics would certainly overheat the unit and possibly cause a fire.

So all you have to do is replace the sounder unit if you can find one somewhere.

 

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Simon098

Active Member

• Jun 2, 2017

• #6

discool said:

Thereis a 12v supply to the sounder, assuming u have the factory fitted BBUS sounder unit to charge the enclosed Nicad battery, a fault with the charging or the sound generating electronics would certainly overheat the unit and possibly cause a fire.

So all you have to do is replace the sounder unit if you can find one somewhere.

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Or throw it in the bin