Re: Installing an ELK M1 Gold

["garydidio via HomeKB.com" <u28903@uwe>]

Robert,

Thank you for the information.  Upon further investigation with the
distributor of my Elk system, he advised I do not need to have all fire
detectors sounding when one goes off.  I will be installing an echo
speaker/siren in the living space which will not only announce the alarm, but
can tell me exactly which zone has been tripped.

Regarding the EOL resistors, I am still a bit confused.  If the resistors are
in series with the contact switch or motion detector, then it should not
matter where along the loop the resistor is placed.  There will basically be
three states:  closed when the switch is closed, open when the switch is open,
or shorted when the leads are somehow connected together.  If someone cuts
the line, this will have the same effect as opening the door.  Am I missing
something?

The outside strobe is a great idea, as my house is set in the woods back from
the main road a couple of hundred feet.

Thanks again!

Gary

news.comcast.net wrote:
>1.  Wire the sensors in series with the EOL resistors.  In other words, the
>circuit flows from the control panel thorough a resistor (which you place
>right next to the sensor if it's a recessed magnetic door sensor or inside
>the sensor if it's a motion or glass break detector).  The circuit continues
>through the resistor, through the sensor and back to the control panel.
>
>2. Yes, that will work fine.  Smoke detector asounders are fired byt
>changing the polarity of the 12VDC which powers them.  In order to make all
>the smokes sound at once you need to install a "Reversing Relay" inside the
>control panel and feed the power to the smoke detectors through the relay.
>Here's an example of the relay (my website):
>http://www.bassburglaralarms.com/product_8796_detailed.htm
>
>3. If your home is set back from the road or if it's hard to see house
>numbers from a passing patrolo panel, consider installing an ELK strobe on
>the outside of the house, perhaps under the eaves.
>
>4.  Yes, lots but it would be easier to narrow it down if we chat by phone
>first.
>
>> All,
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>> Gary

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