Re: Ademco Vista-15 Install Manual

["mikey" <loismustdie@xxxxxxxxx>]

Much ado about nuthin'. The scrap of wire would have acted like a fuse and
opened. The smoke was just a bit of the battery case melting when the wire
initally tried to carry all that current. :-)

"Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:CRkUf.17$wh5.5379@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> One of my installers almost burned a house down with a 12v 7amp battery
when
> he was doing an install...I got there just as the smoke was exiting the
> front door. He was in the back bedroom when I came in the front door.
Small
> scrap of wire had shorted the battery terminals. It was just about to
flame
> when I walked in. Those batteries can be dangerous. Kindling temp of paper
> is 451 f...remember the novel?
>
>
> "Robert L Bass" <sales@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:2f7322p52gq08ue9dopa0fvjt6s22jeia8@xxxxxxxxxx
> |> This is entirely possible and have seen several of my
> | > panels over the years come very close to to igniting
> | > from neglected batteries. I never leave anything in
> | > the box.
> |
> | That's surprising, Crash.  In the 24 years I installed for a
> | living it never happened to me.  I've never even seen an alarm
> | battery get more than uncomfortably hot.
> |
> | Paper ignites at about 450º Fahrenheit (230ºC).  That's hot
> | enough to roast a turkey.  If your control panel cabinet reaches
> | that temperature, (1) something is drastically wrong; and (2)
> | your control panel is no longer functioning.
> |
> | I don't doubt your panel got hot enough to make it seem as though
> | it was ready to ignite, but reality is they just don't get that
> | hot, even in Waco.
> |
> | --
> |
> | Regards,
> | Robert L Bass
> |
> | Bass Burglar Alarms
> | The Online DIY Store
> | http://www.BassBurglarAlarms.com
> |
> | --
> |
> | Never underestimate the power of very stupid people in large
> | groups.
> |
>
>


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