Re: EOLR Depate

[Crash Gordon® <NONE@xxxxxxxx>]

It also turns out to be a service problem too...finding that buried =
resistor someone installed 10 years ago and now the homeowner had =
installed a granite countertop right over the window sill covering the =
buried resistor.

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"thesatguy" <jdolan1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message =
news:l4J0e.18537$ot.7500@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> > We avoid the whole problem of "where to put them" by using contacts =
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> > built-in end-of-lines.  GRI manufactures them with all the popular =
panel=20
> > values.  Yes, they're a tad more expensive, but worth it in the long =
run.=20
> > Motions and glass breaks all have the end of line's terminated =
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> > detectors.
> That sounds good on the surface and easy to do except for the fact =
that most=20
> trunkslammers put all the windows in the house on one zone and all the =
doors=20
> on a second zone.  They have lets say ten or twelve windows and each =
home=20
> run circuit has a resistor on it... what do they do?  They can't tie =
all the=20
> lines together cause each one has a resistor at the end of it.  Thats =
why=20
> they don't do it.
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> ADT has become a company of nothing but trunkslammers who always =
install the=20
> end-of-line resistors at the beginning of the line.  In the old days =
ADT=20
> always put resistors on the end of the line and most times those old =
Focus=20
> panels had one device on each zone.  Not any more.  Today its how fast =
can=20
> they throw in some junk and drive away before the sub finds out it =
doesn't=20
> work.  I guess ADT figures they can offer some defense in a lawsuit by =

> showing that they did put the resistors in even though they were not =
hooked=20
> up correctly.
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> I see their new trucks don't even say ADT anymore - they simply say =
TYCO=20
> fire and safety.=20
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