Re: EOLR Depate

[DrPhil <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Jim Rojas wrote:

> Ademco and a few others make contacts that give you full access to the reed
> switch. They are small enough to look nice in residential apps, and placing
> the EOL inside it is a breeze. This will eliminate buring the EOL. Though
> using contacts with built in EOL's is nice, but I think most of us have
> enough stuff in their trucks as it is... :)
>
> Jim Rojas
>
>
> "Frank Olson" <feolson@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:SWM0e.776547$6l.187025@xxxxxxxxxxx
>
>>"DrPhil" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>news:FzL0e.56011$5T6.41745@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>>>Have you ever had the resistor corrode out and cause false alarm when the
>>>switch is mounted low on the side of the door frame and the wire is
>>>drilled down into a crawl space below?  Moisture from the crawl space
>>>works its way up from below and causes the resistor to corrode.  I have
>>>had this happen several times over the years. May take a year or more to
>>>happen.  Now I hesitate to put a resistor on the end of the line in this
>>>situation because I hate false alarms.
>>>After reading this article I wonder if I would rather have F/A or get
>>>sued.
>>
>>
>>Use contacts with built-in end-of-lines and you'll eliminate this
>>problem...
>>
>
>
>
would those be surface mount?