Re: Casement Windows

["Jim" <alarminex@xxxxxxx>]

alarman wrote:
> "Jim" <alarminex@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:1154714187.977211.278820@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> > I just don't like screens because they can be slit and someone can reach
> > in and mess with the wires, if they know what they're doing.
>
> I have had screens made with an integral eol resistor for just this reason.
> js

That would be good if there was only one casement window on each zone
or someone just happened to pick the one window, in the zone, that had
the resistor in it. I think that most people (including me) don't put
one (casement) window on a zone. I usually put a room ( if there's only
a few windows in the room) on a zone. And the "messing with the wires"
I'm talking about are not the wires imbeded in the screen, I'm talking
about the wires going to the plug or whatever, that connects to the
screen. I once had a system bypassed by someone doing this to the
screened window in the in the master bath room. Thankfully I had a
motion detector in the adjoining master bedroom. It was done by a
neighbors kid who thought he knew the system.

I  guess if a client started out during the estimate stage,  insisting
that they be able to ventilate their casement windows, each window
could be wired seperately, but that would add even more to the price
and make it that much more of a detriment to the sale. If they were
willing to pay the price, then .... why not. But, here in the
northeast, it's always too much to pay just to leave the windows open
for a few weeks out of the year.

And, obviously, if it's a wireless system, eol doesn't come into it at
all.