Re: Smoke detector question

["Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I run into that all the time..quad for smokes...I won't install on it if its
fired that way...but at least I can use it to pull new firewire.

BUT almost as bad is when someone does run firewire...but 2 conductor home
runs to each smoke. Sheesh...there's a buncho morons out there.

Hey, I'm from Lawnguylan' originally.



"Mike Sokoly" <secure15@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Crash Gordon wrote:
>> I don't put smokes in kitchens or in family rooms that have fireplaces.
>> I'll use a rate of rise heat  instead - I'll put a smoke just outside the
>> kitchen but not in it...each app. is different.
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>> The 15P can use 2 or 4 wire smokes...use the 2 wire ones that way you
>> don't have to muck around with power supervision relays...and of course
>> you will use fire-rated wire.
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>> "Robertm" <Respond@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>>I currently have stand alone battery smoke detectors and I'm going to be
>>>adding fire protection to my Vista 15P. The battery operated smoke
>>>detector I'm using in the kitchen now occasionally sounds when cooking so
>>>I pull the battery and put it back in later. How does one get around this
>>>problem with it integrated into a monitored alarm system? I don't want
>>>the fire department showing up here every time I fry bacon. Use a rate of
>>>rise instead of a smoke? Don't put a detector in the kitchen? Is there a
>>>way to disable protection for an hour in that zone?
>>>
>>>Bob
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> Hey Crash,
> THANK YOU for informing him about using fire rated wire!!!!!!!!!!!
> Out here on Long Island , I'm doing a 1.5 Mil house and right NEXT DOOR
> (same design house ) is a semi large LI Company who shall remain nameless
> (located in Holbrook, and the "specialize" in Audio) who has prewired ALL
> the smokes and heats with 22/4 quad wire! Licensing MEANS nothing!
> EDUCATION is a MUST. (and he's not even an electrician BUT his
> chief installer/partner worked as a counter jerk for ADI for years!
> Guess he learned NOTHING!
> Mike Sokoly
> MES Security Systems
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