Re: DSC Power 832 Puzzle (Long)

["Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

And since pirs take a moment or two to stablize after a flakey power outage
add that to current overdraw and possible flakey battery...bada bing.


"Jim" <alarminex@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| Armond Perretta wrote:
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| >
| > More seriously, is there a chance that the somewhat excessive current
draw
| > that characterized the earlier setup could itself have triggered the
Ademco
| > 998 (which is rated to draw between 15 and 18 ma)?
| >
| > --
| Keep this in mind. If you have a power shortage and one of your powered
| devices (ie motion detector) is the furthest away from the power source
| (ie resistance-wise) it is that detector that is going to "drop out"
| first.
|
| OR .... if the device is drawing or requires the most current, it will
| also, be among the first to "drop out".
|