Re: Remote install, no AC

["Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Frank, it's not that kind of trailer (truck) - its more like a
shipping container filled with contractors tools and supplies on
construction worksite -  you've seen them.

So you're saying I can connect 12VDC from a car battery into, let's say a
Vista 10P AC input and I won't fry the panel? I hate to waste a board
experimenting.


"Frank Olson" <Use_the_email_links@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| Crash Gordon wrote:
| > Got a client that wants 10 construction storage trailers protected...no
| > power anywhere nearby. I remember some discussions abt running panels by
| > inputing DC to the AC power terms. I really don't wanna try frying a
Vista
| > 10P to see if it works or not.
| >
| > I guess they're thinking of wanting to run system off a truck battery
for as
| > long as it will last. I had mickey rigging stuff, so any suggestions??
| >
| >
| >
|
|
| "Mickey rigging" stuff is something we're all faced with at one time or
| another if you've been in this trade for any length of time.  Running
| any rectified alarm panel from a truck battery won't be a problem.
| Please remember to disconnect it if you're going to start the truck.
| You can reconnect it once it's running.  If you hook up a standard gell
| cell to the battery terminals that battery will stay charged (though not
| to full capacity) enough to run the system for an hour or two (depending
| on the number of attached devices) in the absence of the primary power
| source.
|