Re: Ademco TUFFTACT rollerball contacts....

[Crash Gordon® <NONE@xxxxxxxx>]

For proper supervision you should install the resistor at the End Of =
Line (thats why they're called that) that means out at the switch. Of =
course there's a mild controversy about what you are really supervising =
with a closed loop switch in your own house but we won't go into that =
now.=20

If you don't want to use them you need to program each zone not to see =
the EOL. You can put them on the hi or low side (I usually put them on =
the low side...don't really think it makes much of a diff).

The sharply squiggled line on the wiring diagram signifies a resistor =
-^-^-^- something like that..couldn't do it exactly.


"KD" <kurt.dahlin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message =
news:1114905885.085278.174620@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> I have read the Installation & Setup Guide many times. The 'Hardwire
> Zones' section does not say that you must use the resistors. Even the
> illustration they show in the setup guide has the two wires from the
> sensor going directly into the HI & LO connectors on the panel, with =
no
> resistor. However, it does say that you must use the resistors for
> Double-Balanced Zones and Zone Doubling, and even gives a wiring
> schematic, but not for a single device zone. I don't have a problem
> using the resistors if I must, I just didn't think I had to. With each
> zone only having a single contact, what do I do with the resistor? Do =
I
> simply wire it inline on the HI side, between the panel and the
> contact? Does it need to be protected at all?
>=20
> ~K~
>=20
> p.s. The resistors did come with the panel, but I forgot I dropped =
them
> into one of the contact bags for safe keeping. The reason I bought the
> rollerball-type contacts is because I didn't want exposed surface =
mount
> contacts on my windows, and I was told by a professional installer =
that
> I couldn't use the traditional recessed contacts because you shouldn't
> drill into the frames of gas-filled windows. Therefore, I was directed
> towards the rollerballs. Is there a better contact option for this
> particular situation?
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>