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Good choice mate! And yes that would be very useful info if you go round it and see what isn't working without it in. With the door open - I've had cars lock when the battery is reattached. I personally would put the battery back on, let it do its computer start up sequence for as long as you feel is required, perhaps listening to the clicks and clacks going on. Then pop the fuse in, ready to leg it round and pop the key in, or have the Mrs handy sat in the car with the door open and she can put the key and turn it on. (my apologies if that is a sexist or otherwise comment nowadays, perhaps "significant other half" would be more PC) The alarm comment is probably as you guessed, insurers can and will be arses given any tiny wriggle room. But unless they needed it for transporting a gang for a job it's probably fairly safe as you say, I agree!! Good luck to them nicking mine!

Yo Nev, Sorry, I'm getting old and rambling. What happened was ............. (1) In order to stop the battery discharging due to it standing and not being used, I bought a 'dis-connecting clamp' for the Battery. (2) That all worked fine for a couple of weeks (i.e. every time I was back home I disconnected it) until I left the car for about a week 'disconnected'. (3) As soon as I reconnected the Battery, the Alarm went off. It kept going off whether the Battery was connected or not, and whatever I did to the fob made no difference. By then as people were coming out their houses I started pulling fuses and relays until it stopped, which it did when the 'pink 30A fuse 'came out. (4) I then put all the fuses and relays back in (apart from the 'pink 30A') and the car started, stopped, i.e it ran okay (Hence Post 7 says "With everything else back in place except the pink 30A it all seems to run OK now"). However the words 'run OK now' is limited to the fact that the car works, to be honest I've not fully checked everything it can do, so there could be a 'feature' or two that isn't working (cos pink 30A isn't in). (5). Because 'modern' cars are so inter dependant on their electronics (i.e. the reversing lamp bulb blows so the compass stops working) I have the concern of what other damage I might be inadvertently causing by continuing to use the car with the pink 30A fuse missing. (6) It could be that if I now put that fuse back in everything would be fine, but so I don't piss off the neighbourhood with my alarm belting out I'd sooner leave it out unless, as I say, its going to cause further damage to the car further down on the line. (7) All this happening lead to my question as to is there a way I can 'silence' the alarm permanently (and then put the pink 30A back in). Hopefully, you're now up to speed, or fallen asleep For Mr Qinteq, thanks for the links, I am going through them to see if I can ascertain what else that Fuse does, and to see if I can shut the Alarm up permanently, but it could take some time .

I'm confused too with alarm. I'm not clear if it was off/now working/ still off so still not sure about the blipper/wireless signal and alarm on/off hence the reason I said the word "marry" meaning the transponder/key fob/car protection might lose the handshake functions in the same way a button battery going flat would do. Locking/unlocking from blooper should re-marry and prove alarm/locking etc. As for you and I were still here and kind of functional compared to some unfortunate others, poor sodds. I got my GOV SMS telling me to go lockdown about 7/8 weeks ago. Take care bignev bud.

Hiya @@QinteQ , how are you keeping? You definitely know more than me on that (but in my laziness I haven't looked up the diagram! ) What I couldn't grasp, reading back over the post, was that @@maxcaddy seems to indicate that In post 7 that "it all seems to run ok now" And in post 12 "At least that way I can put the Fuse back and not worry that the Alarm will go off again if I disconnect the Battery for a long while" So I guessed it was out, but everything was working ok. Apart from the alarm. But then I kind if got lost on whether the fuse was in or out, and confused as to what, right now, the problem actually is? @@maxcaddy I get that there was the problem with the alarm / siren going off, but is that not doing it now? I have definitely confused myself!!!!!

It's the whole route protection for all PCi and other instructions from the BCM isn't it ?, The IPM covers whole car and all its 'pings' commands are routed through it: Remote key fob Radio Heater blower Folding mirrors Central locks Interior lights of course when the key is in the ignition The power seat is a stand alone plug in but the Eeprom instruct command is still via IPM protection, isn't it ?