Re: DSC 5020? 5200 power supply needed?

["J Barnes" <trishnjames@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I disagree with you that a bad battery will not burn things up.  I have seen
this many times with these controls.  I think it just adds enough stress to
the power supply that if the Aux power is at its limit with devices it will
burn it up..  I also had many go bad due to the bad bridges.

James



"alarman" <alarman2000@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "J Barnes" <trishnjames@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> The catch is the battery has to be kept in good shape.  I f you let the
>> battery get marginal and the alarm sounds you run a chance of burning up
> the
>> aux power on the control.  DSC does not like to run at its limits.  We
> have
>> burned up several because of this. :(
>>
>> I would use the seperate AUX power supply.  Or better yet dont use DSC
>> controls.
>
> The aux output is protected with a circuit breaker. A weak battery will
> not
> burn it up.
> Your experience with "burning up the aux power" is most likely related to
> the bad bridges a few years back.
> DSC controls will run all day at the mfg. spec.aux. limit of 500ma.
> I use DSC with very little trouble. All mfgs. have issues.
> js
>
>