Re: Andersen 400 Series Security contacts

[Jim <alarminex@xxxxxxx>]

On Aug 9, 2:22?pm, "Robert L Bass" <RobertLB...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >I don't put door switches at the tops of
> > the doors anymore if I can help it.
>
> > For one thing they're harder to install
> > & repair up high, but more because
> > wooden doors warp in the sun out
> > here which cause problems with
> > magnet alignment.
>
> > I try to put them down on the opening
> > side of the door either a 12 in. above
> > or below the door lock/latch.
>
> When doing prewires I found it to be about
> the same wiring to the top or the side of a
> door.  On retrofits I almost always put
> the sensor on the side below the knob.  We
> never had the kind of problems you describe.
> New England isn't exactly known for it's
> intense heat.
>
> I've also used the threshold in a few rare
> instances where a top loaded sensor wouldn't
> work.  Sometimes we'd retrofit a home with
> French doors with side and transom lights.
> There's no place to run a wire except straight
> down through the threshold.  We would mark
> the floor near the threshold and then mark
> and remove the primary door (the one that
> must open first).  If there was an aluminum
> insulation strip we would remove it and install
> a wide-gap contact beneath it. If the threshold
> is wood take it off and do the same. Otherwise
> we'd recess a 1/4" contact directly in the wood
> and install two heavy magnets in the bottom
> of the door.  A touch of tinted "Plastic Wood"
> hides the sensor.
>
> --
>
> Regards,
> Robert L Bass
>
Yeah, yeah, yeah. We know. But with all of the lying about how you'd
do EVERYTHING that could possibly be done on each and every job you
did, never missing anything and always providing it all at a
competitive price, "Mr. Thorough" didn't do the tops of double hung
windows because it was easy not to do them.

Heh heh heh heh!