Re: Multiple magnets, one zone, EOL resistor. Never works!

["Bill" <bill190nospam@xxxxxxxxx>]

"Total nerd" wrote in message
> Hah!  You got me.
> Anyway, there were TWO problems I finally figured out:
> First, I stuck a resistor at the panel and it still read open.  So,
> since it's a little expander module, I removed the unit from the wall
> and put it under heavy lights and looked very closely at the contacts.
> There was a piece of something (wire possibly?) jammed between the
> contacts!  I removed that and it worked so far.  But, the long 50' span
> of window switches still read open all the time.  So, I shorted each
> one at a time and determined that the second one was bad.  I cut it
> out, replaced it, and re-soldered each connection and now it's fine...
>

Good job!  It is difficult enough to find just one problem, but when there
are two problems at the same time, it can make troubleshooting quite
difficult to say the least...