We recently bought a house which has a burglar alarm which doesn't work fully. We want to dismantle it and install a new one. However we know know from past experience that if we try to tamper with the box the alarm will go off. Does anyone know a step by step guide to removing a defunct system?

Christine, January 2009

As far as I know fully power down including the back up batteries in the main control box and external bell.
This was how I was told by the engineer who collected the control centres link box.

Notify the control IF it's connected to a control centre[mine was] they need to know if the alarm goes off it's not the real thing. On mine was an extra white box under the alarm next to the power in box which was the controls connection box. We notified them to collect it as we weren't using the alarm as the property is always occupied.

bob, January 2009