Re: Dagnabit. Why is my Smoke Detector in fault?

[Crash Gordon® <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

What is the device on the floor?...is that the heat detector? If it is, =
heats don't need power, so if your red/black is your power then the heat =
should be on the yel/green...hmmm...where is your power supervision =
relay?




"Stanley Barthfarkle" <sbarth@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message =
news:jLoie.3117$tX5.3045@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Why are the Black and Red wires reversed at the 2nd floor detector?
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> And how is this detector connected to the intiating circuit if =
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> do not connect to anything?
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> Are the Green and Yellow wires at the 2nd floor detector connected to=20
> anything? Are they shorted together?
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> After you get this working properly, be sure to test each detector=20
> individually to ensure they all work properly and initiate an alarm.
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> "Dannyboyy" <dan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message=20
> news:pNdie.25212$i1.17946@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Hi - Just finished my basement and went to put the DSC smoke and ROR
> > detector back and
> > now the main alarm keeps going off.  I had the PC1500 system offline =
for a
> > few months and now the trouble report I get is for the batt. having =
a low
> > charge.  This makes sense.  I reset the smoke zone at the panel but =
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> > keeps
> > going back into alarm.  This would indicate to me that the system =
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> > sees
> > smoke and will not reset itself.  I assume the detector is shorting =
the
> > circuit.  But even so, the LED is flashing every 10 seconds which =
would
> > indicate that the basement det. is working properly - maybe?  I =
wrote down
> > the wire colors and terminal numbers but perhaps I missed something? =
 Here
> > is the data keeping in mind that the 3 detectors are on a zone with =
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> > top
> > floor det. having the EOL resistor visible at the det.:
> >
> > Basement
> >
> > 1 - R ed
> > 2 - Black
> > 3 - Yellow
> > 4 - Green
> >
> > 1st Floor
> >
> > 1 - Red
> > 2 - Black
> > 3 - Green
> > 4 - Yellow
> >
> > 2nd Floor
> >
> > 1 - Black
> > 2 - Red
> > 3 - not used
> > 4 - not used
> >
> > Any ideas greatly appreciated -
> >
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