Re: Wiring

["Skinner Johnson" <vinceinzinna@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Don't mean to be a nitpicker, but if you connect only one pair of wires
together at a time you will never get a closed circuit because the
other disconnected pair will keep the circuit open (assuming it's a
normally closed circuit).

Strip 1/2" or so of insulation from the ends of all the wires, Then,
connect one wire from one pair of wires and one wire from the other
pair of wires together.  If the wiring is OK when you touch the
remaining two loose wires together you should get a ready light on the
keypad (if everything else is closed).

By the way, it is not the magnet in the window sill, but the switch.
If you don't see some sort of button coming out of this switch (the
closed window holds it down, completing the circuit), then it is a
magnetic switch, and the magnet is drilled into the window itself,
directly over the switch location.  I've seen some cases where the
magnet falls out of the window, making the window seem OPEN, even when
it's closed.  If that's the case, simply replace the magnet.

Also, before you put everything together and jam that switch back into
its hole, connect it temporarily to the wiring and hold it next to the
magnet in the window (or hold its button down if it has one) and see if
you get a ready light.  If not, replace the switch.

Good luck!

Vince Inzinna
Service Mgr - Protection One