What's this socket thingy?

[moonloops]

Any ideas on what this doohickey socket is for?

 

[Trickythemerc]

That is a panic button

 

[moonloops]

That is a panic button

Thanks, I'll not worry at nigh now. I wonder who it calls? Ghostbusters hopefully

 

[Abb]

As above. It is a panic button for your house alarm. If you press it, it should activate your external house siren and flashing strobe, assuming you have one fitted.
HOWEVER you are missing the small black plastic key to reset it:

 

[kianok]

Thanks, I'll not worry at nigh now. I wonder who it calls? Ghostbusters hopefully

Press it, you know you want to

 

[moonloops]

Press it, you know you want to

Without that reset key, no way

 

[Abb]

Without that reset key, no way

There you go, buy 2 and keep one as a spare

2 x CQR Panic Alarm Button / Fire Alarm Call Point (FP2) Test / Reset Keys 2000100458228 | eBay

 

[MikeInWimbledon]

It "might" activate a phone link to the Rozzers. Probably doesn't, unless you know you're paying for it. But you never know....

 

[Deleted96908]

It "might" activate a phone link to the Rozzers. Probably doesn't, unless you know you're paying for it. But you never know....

Don’t worry about that. Moonloops’ll have a couple of days to reset it:


Police can take days to respond to 999 calls, says report

 

[moonloops]

Don’t worry about that. Moonloops’ll have a couple of days to reset it:


Police can take days to respond to 999 calls, says report

Your argument is only slightly flawed, there's been no rozzers round these parts for 15 years or so

I'm more concerned about setting the alarm off, as everyone knows that that a car/house alarm can only be silenced by arson

 

[MikeInWimbledon]

Just to reinforce, you'll only have a connection to the police station if you're paying for it. They don't rush round for everything...'cos we don't pay them to do that, and we never did.

To paraphrase an old TV advert "You'll know when you've been triaged." (Different times)

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[Meldrew2]

It's a panic button - more specifically a "double push" panic button. It is operated by pushing both red buts at the same time.

They are a requirement (as opposed to single buttons) when the alarm system has remote signalling, but also popular for audible ("bells only") systems where children are present.

If you don't have the key, don't panic. Just unscrew the front and push the mechanism back up from inside.

 

[TheFoX]

I stuck a soap holder over ours as the key was missing and I didn't want to press it by accident.

 

[kianok]

I found a key fob hanging from a pipe in the airing cupboard the day we moved into our house.

What’s the first thing I did? Press it of course!

ALARM.