Re: Vinyl Window / Slider Contact Placement

["Bob Worthy" <securinc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I wouldn't recommend smokes in a garage. Dust, dirt, greasey residue,
spiders, ants etc. Use a 195* heat detector(s). Will work just fine.

"Joe Nortman" <jnortman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Thanks guys.  One more question if any of you have an idea.  I have a
garage
> that I would like to setup with a wired smoke detector/heat detector.  The
> issue I think is that my garage can get really hot in the summer.
Sometimes
> it's a hundred degrees out here and the garage can get blistering.  What
> would be some of your suggestions for types of wired smoke/heat
> detectors...or maybe something else I haven't thougt of?  I have a DSC 832
> system.
>
> "Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > The recessed xmitters have less range.
> > The 3M tape that comes with the contacts works great if you clean the
> > surface with alcohol first. I have some that haven't moved a speck in 20
> > years...and still nearly impossible to remove. If you don't clean first,
> > they may fall off next week though - especially on vinyl.
> >
> >
> > "Joe Nortman" <jnortman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > | Heh, thanks.  I appreciate it.
> > |
> > | Joe
> > |
> > | "Robo" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > | >
> > | > "Joe Nortman" <jnortman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > | >> If anyone in this group can help me I would apprecaite it.  I have
> > vinyl
> > | >> windows and a vinyl slider in my home.  I am about to put up the
> > window
> > | >> and door contacts for a security system but need some advice.
> > | >>
> > | >> Now, on vinyl windows I am assuming that I can't screw in the
> > contacts.
> > | >> They would ruin the windows and I would be out of luck.  However,
is
> > it
> > | >> acceptable to use some sort of 3M double contact tape to affix say
> > the
> > | >> transmiter to the window frame (Which is also vinyl) and then use
the
> > | >> same tape to affix the magnet to the actual window that is sliding
> > back
> > | >> and forth?
> > | >>
> > | >> I have seen the type of wireless contacts that you can drill into a
> > frame
> > | >> and then the magnet piece is drilled into the door.  I will use
this
> > type
> > | >> on my front door which is wood but am I mising something here on
> > vinyl
> > | >> windows? Thanks for any input.
> > | >>
> > | >> Joe
> > | >
> > | > I'd use screws for the xmitter.
> > | > for the mag thats the idea.  then a little gleu to hold the mag.
> > | > or use external contacts and you remote the xmitter a small distance
> > if
> > | > easier.
> > | >
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