Re: End of Line Resistor - Are they a standard design?

["Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yah you can get close...but I probably wouldn't on a fire system.

<rant> Why the heck doesn't Honeywell sell resistors for their panels? It's
a minor annoyance...but still </rant>


"Mike Sokoly" <secure15@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| Crash Gordon wrote:
| > Resistors can be gotten from any electronics supplier. Sometimes you
can't
| > get the exact spot on value and have to fudge it a bit, but unless its a
| > really weird resistor you should be able to find replacement.
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| Remember that 4th band on the resisitor? Gold/Silver/None?
| You can get pretty close, then if your not exact: remember to look at
| the tolerance band: +/- 5%, 10%, 20% then do the math- if your intended
| value falls within the +/- % spec you're good to go!
| Mike S.
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| > "Richard Faulkner" <richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
| > news:9PRkbCIRcSPDFwp6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| > | Hi,
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| > | Manchester - England.
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| > | I have had a fire alarm / smoke detection system fitted to a block of
7
| > | flats, but it doesnt yet work. The installer is saying that he cannot
| > | get an end of line resistor from the supplier who is waiting for them
to
| > | be delivered, (this has gone on for several weeks now).
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| > | I have asked if the resistor can be obtained from somewhere else and
he
| > | says that it cant.
| > |
| > | Am I right in thinking that this must be a simple thing to obtain, or
is
| > | it likely to be a resistor unique to the system?
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| > | Any help appreciated as I think I am being blagged - although I cant
| > | imagine why.
| > |
| > | --
| > | Richard Faulkner
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