Re: Some More DIY'er Questions

["Jim" <alarminex@xxxxxxx>]

Crash Gordon=AE wrote:
> The sensitivity setting will effect battery life? Kinda sorta maybe makes=
 sense.

Why should it take more current?

Is it like ........... listening HARDER?

You'd think the adjustment would be like a volume control/variable
resistor. It should simply attenuate/divide the incomming signal.



> I always start out with them set to max, not sure I've noticed diminished=
 battery life though...but then again I only have abt 50 of them out there,=
 not really enough to see a pattern.

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> "Mark Leuck" <m..leuck@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:VpidnWNXR9bkzV7=
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> | Crash Gordon=AE wrote:
> | > I've not had trouble with any gbs that you mention, including the Ade=
mco
> | wireless ones.
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> | I have 3 Ademco wireless glass breaks turned up to max sensitivity and
> | haven't had any issues in terms of false alarms or other malfunctions.
> | Of course, I haven't broken any glass to see if they actually work
> | either.  There's a tester you can get to simulate the glass break
> | frequency, but it was pretty expensive.  And since I'm not relying on
> | the glass breaks as primary security, I wasn't too worried about it.
> |
> | You WILL however have greatly reduced battery life if those are 5849's
> |=20
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