How long does it wait to dial out for power failure alarm?
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The documentation reads that the alert message would be sent after 60 minutes.
1729935
I dont think that is possible as is. All this does is alert you went the power goes out with a loud, shrill beep. You might hook it up to something else that would dial out when it is activated, not sure. It does work. Had mine go off a couple times when power was out.
1168405
Bernie, Not sure I understand your question...Do you mean you want to disable the alert produced when power has been interrupted?Please explain your situation and I will try to answer.Thanks,steve
1296983
This is a simple mechanical timer...if the power goes out for 2 hours..it will be 2 hours behind when the power comes back on and will need to be adjusted (or reset) to the correct time.
1168403
Yes. You can disable the power alarming feature via one of the dip switches on the back of the unit. One of the answers below describes a feature about changing the time to wait for the power to be out before calling you with a power alarm. This also helps, but to turn off the power alarm call-out feature entirely, you can do it via the flip of a switch on the back of the unit.
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You should just be able to hold down the power button for about 5 seconds. The light flashes and then turns off.
56143
you can wait for a 10 minutes and try again to turn on......is normal your case.
994050
Hi, it goes off with a steady beep if the power fails and also "chirps" when the battery starts to get low (my old battery lasted years before this happened). The alarm will go off from a power failure when the power resumes.
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I am really not certain. I just have mine plugged in and tuned to my location and I get all of the alerts, including the "this is only a test, if this had been an actual emergency" Sorry I could not be of more help
1636461
if you are doing everything right there should be no alarm. i did find mine going off if the probes were not fully pudshed in at the meter end. hope this helps. the proper funtion for where vyou have the probes plugged in need to be the right selection .. like slelecting amps while pugged in to volts or visa versa ,will cause an alarm .
2182432
YES and suggest a GFI circuit. Remember to reset the "clock portion" if you have power outages.
206058
The call is automatically made after 5 minutes or 30 minutes of power outage. The time delay to call cannot be modified to a different (shorter or longer) period. This is to avoid temporary outage that typically comes back within a few minutes, and to avoid unnecessary calls. The local alarm on the unit will sound almost immediately after a power outage, but you have to be near the unit to hear it. I connected my unit to a phone line that has backup power to dial out at the first 5 minutes and every 1 hour afterwards (until cleared). The first 5-minute call can be handled by a UPS connected to a phone modem, but the next call needs a different backup power source, because my UPS only lasts for about 20 minutes. I purchased and installed an A/C inverter (with deep-cycle car battery as power backup) to handle this type of event. Your suggestion to vary the call period is a good one, especially when there may be life-saving equipment connected (respirator, etc). Hope Reliance will consider that in their next upgrade. Regards, Larry
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My objective was to only use the Reliance device to sense a power outage and then notify me and/or a backup person of that condition to avoid a potential flooding condition in our basement due to an electrical sump pump failure. However, after hours of trouble-shooting with the Reliance Company, I still have not been able to get the unit to dial two people reliably when a power failure occurs. Reliance is still trying to resolve the problem. I expect to hear back from them this week.
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There is a switch on the power converter on the back of charger. Try to turn this switch to off to stop alarm.
2282242
The alarm will stop under 5 minutes of ringing. I don't know how long exactly, but under that.
279112
In order for it to call out if an alarm is tripped you have to have it connected to a landline. Once it connected though, you can program it to call a cellphone. (I've had a few false alarms and got calls on my cell). Hope this helps!
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Evidently the CP free software "Power Panel Personal Edition" enables the shutting off of the alarm. I say "evidently" because I'm running this UPS as backup for my NAS (a Synology DS-213) and router, not a computer....and I couldn't do it anyhow, because all our computers are Macs, with which this software isn't compatible. The NAS has limited software showing the basic functioning of the CP685AVR, but not really much in the way of controls. The few times the power's gone down, I haven't heard the alarm, but all that stuff is in a closet, so it may not even be audible when this happens. I'll have to yank the plug sometime just to see what it does.