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Omega General Help / Re: Car handling problem.

« on: 01 January 2009, 22:26:58 »

THis sounds a bit like tramlining - check tyre pressures; my Elite seems to do this when a) tyre pressures are a tad low b) when tyres are towards their end of life.

S

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Omega General Help / Re: electric seat woes

« on: 03 February 2009, 23:10:49 »

Do both seats fail to operate - they have a common fuse?

I've had a similar problem - after much fiddling around and then doing nothing the inoperable seat started working again and has done for a couple of months.

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Omega General Help / Re: Alarm Query ??

« on: 01 February 2009, 23:05:09 »

Personal messages sent.

A very hectic week at work last week.  Capped off by PC crashing on Friday late afternoon.  So a s/w re-build on Saturday -what a PITA.  I had loads of stuff I'd rather be doing (and needed to do) than re-building the software.  

Sorry for not replying earlier.

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Omega General Help / Re: Alarm Query ??

« on: 01 February 2009, 00:46:17 »

I'm sorry guys; PC crashed and I spent my Saturday re-building sotware installation.  Just got email up and running (I assume I can send).  Off to bed as its late.

Will respond tomorrow.

S

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Omega General Help / Re: Alarm Query ??

« on: 27 January 2009, 08:28:20 »

That was the same symptoms as mine.  I also tried charging and monitoring the old batteries; they were about 3.3V rising to 3.6V after charging and stayed like that for a day or more (I didn't keep detailed records).

Asking a different question: How long would you expect the batteries to last?  5 years, 10 years, 15 years?  Well mine were at least 8 years old so I thought that it would be reasonable to expect they had reached their designed lifetime.

However the battery replacement has resolved my problem, so it seems a reasonable conclusion that they were at fault.

As offered before "I could replace the batteries on the board if anyone wants this done"

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Omega General Help / Re: Alarm Query ??

« on: 26 January 2009, 12:56:08 »

I'm now back from my week away and have no problems with my alarm.

So, if anyone want stheir batteries replaced I would be agreeable to do this.

Contact me.

Regards

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Omega General Help / Re: Alarm Query ??

« on: 17 January 2009, 17:30:42 »

2 electrical terminals; with extra termnal to solder, this is to spread the mechanical load and to avoid incorrect fitting in a suitably designed circuit board.

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Omega General Help / Re: Alarm Query ??

« on: 17 January 2009, 12:00:02 »

That's what I bought and fitted - the incumbant cells have 4 terminals the replacements have 3.  However you can bend the terminals (by about a mm or so) to allow fitting.

I could replace the batteries on the board if anyone wants this done (I'm away from tonight for a while so cannot respond until next week).

Note, the photos I posted link to larger ones.

Steve

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Omega General Help / Re: Alarm Query ??

« on: 16 January 2009, 23:33:30 »

CPC

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Omega General Help / Re: Alarm Query ??

« on: 16 January 2009, 17:30:39 »

Here are the photos.

Note the batteries are similar to the original (slightly higher capacity) and the board footprint is very close to the original too - enough that they fit in the same holes.









I've a couple of extra sets of batteries here.  Fiddliest part is cutting and re-joining the case - not a very satisfactory 'weld' with a soldering iron.  It just about 'does'.

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Omega General Help / Re: Alarm Query ??

« on: 16 January 2009, 07:52:46 »

I re-fitted the power sounder last night (the one with replaced batteries) apart from the ear-splitting noise when it was re-connected it all seems OK.  

Would people like me to post up some photographs?  It will have to be in a week or so as I'm away.

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Omega General Help / Re: Alarm Query ??

« on: 15 January 2009, 09:25:59 »

I have now replaced the batteries in my power sounder and am waiting to re-fit to my Omega - targeted for this evening.  I took some photos and if this rxercise is successful will probably post them up.

Steve

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Omega General Help / Re: Alarm Query ??

« on: 07 January 2009, 12:54:16 »

My sounder was giving a little 'chirp' when I turned the car's ignition off.  I changed the power sounder (got one via OOF), now I've returned to the car to see the hazards flashing but no alarm.

Is this

a) power sounder causing the alarm to trigger?
b) power sounder's knackered battery making the sounder to seem faulty?

I've cut my old power sounder inhalf and could replace the batteries, would this return it to functional again?

Steve
(nor sure if I've hijacked this thread)

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Omega General Help / Re: sunroof with mind of its own

« on: 07 January 2009, 12:48:54 »

Mine loses the end/mid point setting every now and then.

One touch is great until you leave the sunroof open overnight (in summer in the garage) and it won't close - just re-opens until manually held as per a reset.

I've never been aware of any fix for this.

Steve

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Omega General Help / Re: When change serpentine belt

« on: 07 January 2009, 11:36:36 »

And this is to do with omegas HOW??

Check his other posts, all spam, reported....

Is my post being considered spam - how & why !!!?