A while back I abandoned ADT and chose to go with Konnected.io’s alarm system. https://konnected.io/collections/shop-now
I use Noonlight as my emergency notification company. They are very inexpensive and their customer service is awesome. Essentially, I hooked Noonlight notification to my Hubitat program on the Hubitat Elevation.
I can monitor everthing via the web or the Hubitat app.
The beauty to Konnected.io is that it uses EXISTING security sensor wiring such as windows, doors, fire, water etc. These devices are simply removed from the ADT controller and attached to the Konnected controller then programmed within the controller and Hubitat.
I used the AUX power from the ADT controller to power the connected controller. This is described as a recommended option in the installation instructions.
During our power outage and on and off surges the power adapter for the ADT controller died. The apapter was a 120 AC to 16v AC adapter. The recitification and voltage step down to 12v was handled by the ADT controller.
I decided to take the ADT controller out of the configuration so I’m using an old Dell laptop power brick to power this:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07WL83VXD/ref=ppx_od_dt_b_asin_title_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1. It
I’m going to place a 12v lead acid battery in the circuit so I have fallback power for the system. I also have DC power connected to Amazon Fire tablets at the doors using these convenient 12v to 5v USB adapters.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07TXG4XJ3/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Hopefully, tomorrow when the Amazon order arrives I’ll get everthing back online. I thought about building a battery charging circuit myself, but there is no way I can even buy the parts for the cost of the little Amazon product. Well, maybe I have most of them lying around, but I got lazy.
Do any of you have a favorite 12v lead acid battery charging circuit you recommend?
That winter storm just keeps on giving. I lost a gigabit switch in the storm, too.