Re: Napco Magnum 900 False Alarms - Fire

["Roveer" <roveer@xxxxxxxxx>]

Looks like my smokes are not AC but rather being fed off the 24v alarm.
 Now, based on what I've read here, it looks like I should just replace
the whole lot since it's been quite a few years.  I did notice that I
had a heat detector in the attic, round disk about 4" with a smaller
round thing in the center.  Same one that I have in the kitchen.  The
other heats are all over the house (including bedrooms) and maybe 1" in
diameter with a smaller disk in the center.  I never felt comfortable
with these since it would take a pretty big fire to actually set one
off.  I had put free standing smoke detectors in all of the bedrooms,
but would like to add smokes in place of these heats.  Since all of
this stuff would be powered from the alarm are there calculations
needed to not overload the 24v that the alarm produces.  What I'm
meaning to say is that if I just swapped the heats to smokes would that
overload the alarm?

Also, is it possible that the heat in the attic is toast and when the
nightly cold air gets to it, could that be setting off the alarm?  Or
possibly the one in the garage?  Every where else is pretty much heated
space.

 Roveer.




Crash Gordon wrote:
> I just walked on two prewired by others jobs because the prime contractor
> wanted me to connect to the AC smokes, told him it was stupid and dangerous,
> he insisted that it was ok...I told  him then he should do it on HIS
> license. He didnt even run firewire to them just plain old quad. There's
> still a buncho idiots out there I tell ya!
>
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> "Russell Brill" <russwbrill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:FILdf.1147$c27.62@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> | Sometimes it gets scary out there.............
> |
> | "Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> | news:shIdf.8$iP2.916@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> | >I  have run into that kind of configuration though...wonky at best.
> | >
> | >
> | > <robertlbass@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> | > news:1131887704.178060.125810@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> | > |> 25 year old AC wired smokes attached to a 25 year old 900 with a dead
> | > | battery and no code...sounds like the service calls I get on Sunday
> | > | nights
> | > | at 3am.
> | > |
> | > | They're probably not 110VAC smokes.  Sometimes clients think the
> smokes
> | > | are 110 when they're actually 12/24VDC models powered from the alarm.
> | > | One clue is that the gentleman mentioned "heats".  You won't find too
> | > | many of those wired to 110VAC.
> | > |
> | > | Regards,
> | > | Robert L Bass
> | > | www.BassBurglarAlarms.com
> | > |
> | >
> | >
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