alarm gone mad

[fredf]

the alarm has recently started to trigger for no reason, mostly over night (2 or 3 times) or when the top is off (every 5 minutes!!!)
hope someone can help with this, cos the neighbours will probably kill me soon if it carries on

[Big Al.]

Turn down the internal sensor! It's UNDER your left elbow!

[M@H]

..its a little back box about 4" by 2" with Meta written on it under the centre console. And for the uninitiated the central section of the centre console is removed before the arm rests as they are two separate pieces (undo the screw under the "floor" of the small rear cubby hole of the central panel to start off)

[fredf]

seems that sometime in the past the original meta alarm has been replaced with a cobra, which has now gone wrong.

[M@H]

Hmm.. have you got any paperwork in the service history to say who fitted it..? otherwise its Yellow Pages for an auto-electricians I'm afraid.

[stringbag]

Fred, have a look at the Griff forum under gemini alarm. Dougal has just had a Cobra alarm fitted by a mobile bloke. It wouldn't hurt to give him a call.

[fredf]

Been talking to AVS of Bath (has anyone heard of them/any good or bad experiences) and they say it's because i've got the microphone sensors not microwave sensors and the noise of the soft top is causing the alarm to trigger.
It will cost about £110 upwards (inc callout...) to convert.

This sounds plausable to me, and doesn't seem to cost too much to fix (but then what do I know?!?). What does everyone else think?

[Steve_T]

Talk to Karl Baker (www.tvruk.tv) - the man for Alarms in TVRs.

[manek]

If it's a Foxguard system, you might find it's the siren unit itself in front of the rad that's got water in it.

Brilliant place to put the siren: it's susceptible to moisture, and it's situated at the very front of the car where a ram affect ensures that water gets well and truly forced into it.

[hugepiece]

I had similar crazy issues and it was down to a faulty siren and cables and a dodgy old microwave, sorted by Carl - excellent service and money well spent.