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[Andy B]

I think I can pre-empt the answer but ......... 
Just fired the Omega up today after a couple of weeks being sat idle (I was idle too  ) The battery had been flatter than a very flat thing so was taken off the car & charged for a few days (Aldi's cheap 'smart charger') Fired up no problem.
Just driven across town, still no problems, and then got a half hearted chirp from 'a' horn. It first happened just as I'd adjusted the volume so thought that it might be a confudled resistance thing on the steering wheel controls. But, as I stopped at home, the horn started again as the ignition was turned off, still not a full horn sound, but more than I'd had a few minutes before. Turned ignition back on again & it stopped ...... well kind of. When out of the car, I could just about hear a very faint, pathetic chirp from the alarm's horn ie not the siren.
Is this the classic signs of a failed sounder? I know mine has been fubar'd for a while, Captain's 'TechII' told me ages back. Should I leave it till morning or should I put Gtr Manchester stand-by? 

[RobG]

Should I leave it till morning

Do you feel lucky

[Entwood]

Single chirp is the PS battery being low and needing a charge.. 4 chirps is PS battery failing to charge IIRC ...

The PS battery is now connected directly to your car battery .. thats the cause of all the problems .. no fuses or relays .. so the PS should be getting a nice little charge up ...... BUT if the charging circuit has problems, or the PS batteries don't "take" the charge properly .. overheating could occur. This is the same situation that occurs on every PS every night ..........

I suppose you could  feel the PS for signs of heating, or use an infrared thermometer thingy if you have one .....

beyond that it really is your call .... 

[Andy B]

Single chirp is the PS battery being low and needing a charge..  .....

but I'd always assumed that the chirp was from the power sounder, pretty sure this is the alarm horn.
When it went off as I got home, it sounded like an old style horn that you could adjust ...... but needed adjusting   

[Andy B]

....
Do you feel lucky .....

punk ....... well do ya? 

[Brikhead]

Should I leave it till morning ...

Yeah *u*k it, I'm sure it'll be fine...

[Andy B]

Should I leave it till morning ...

Yeah *u*k it, I'm sure it'll be fine...

No flames yet ................. 

[Brikhead]

Might be worth rolling it to the end of the drive, just in case.

[Andy B]

Might be worth rolling it to the end of the drive, just in case.

  maybe I should park it next to the Porche Cayen of the tw@ down the road ..... 

[dbug]

Might be worth rolling it to the end of the drive, just in case.

  maybe I should park it next to the Porche Cayen of the tw@ down the road .....