Re: Connecting two DMP alarms together? Outputs to Zones? Possible?

["Bob La Londe" <usenet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Jason Millard" <jsm174@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Regardless of industry best practices (which I 100% respect), shouldn't I
> be able to
> do accomplish this?
>
> I'm starting to understand more about how the outputs work, ie going to
> ground when
> triggered. I realize that if I tie into aux power, and use the output,
> when the alarm is triggered
> I will get 12V across the line. When the output is not active, I somehow
> need to come
> up with a normally closed circuit. Would I need to use a transistor or
> relay somehow?

Elk makes a low current relay that would be perfect for this application.

http://www.elkproducts.com/products/elk-912.htm

Kust set it up to for a negative trigger and powerit off the panel and you
are good to go.

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Bob La Londe
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