is my alarm cat1 thatcham

[travelling_man]

for insurance they asked if it was cat1 alarm, how can i find out, i think mine is the meta, small key fob

anybody know

michael

[tvrbob]

Get Steve Heath's bible, it will explain all. If it is a Meta alarm then it's a cat 1 alarm unit but due to how it was installed it can't be declared as 'cat 1'. ...or something like that.

[WazzaL]

travelling_man said:

for insurance they asked if it was cat1 alarm, how can i find out, i think mine is the meta, small key fob

anybody know

michael

I had exactly the same problem, except my insurance refused to confirm it was thantham approved at all!

Took a photocopy of the page in the bible of a letter indicating it was approved at the time of install and faxed it across. They seemed happy enough with that.

[Paul M]

I recently had my alarm checked over as I was informed from the previous keeper that the alarm fitted was Cat 1. It's not! In order to be Cat 1 an immobiliser also needs to be fitted. Mine has not got an immobiliser, i.e. the car, after being unlocked for sometime should also arm itself. Mine does not.
It is a Meta alarm however, some of which can be "upgraded" to Cat 1 with an immobiliser fitted to the alarm system.
At some point an immobiliser was fitted to my car because the immobiliser key socket thingy is still fitted to the steering column although its not wired now!
Interestingly when I took out insurance for the Chim. the insurance company stated it was ONLY £9 cheaper if the alarm had been Cat 1. The company did not insist on having a Cat 1 and therefore the car is shown as having a "standard" alarm fitted.

[Chimtastic]

RT Racing are now doing thattchams for Chimaeras and have a properly trained fitter. Will be taking the Chim in the spring for an upgrade.