Re: ademco vista 20p

["Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I didn't spend time trblshooting the outlet, I just disabled it (removed
outlet & capped it off) - there were 4 like that in that room...I think it
was for something special since they were all mounted horz. at 5 feet.



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Crash Gordon
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<I feel like I'm diagonally parked in a parallel universe>
"Frank Olson" <use_the_email_links@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| Crash Gordon wrote:
| > or broken, or still have insulation on them.
| >
| > weird: fired up a 15P saturday and it lit up and wouldn't let me into
| > programming, showing OC, acting weird like the keypads weren't
| > addressed...drove me nuts for half hour...back to basics...remove
everything
| > from terms...and measure voltages...weird voltage on AC input...checked
the
| > output of the 120vac outlet.... 30 VOLTS? Is that all? Gimme some
freeking
| > static. Shit spent another 45 minutes fishing over to another outlet.
| > SOMETIMES THE STOOPID STUFF KILLS YA!
|
|
| I always insist on a dedicated circuit.  It's even in our contract.  If
| the customer can't provide it (i.e. older house, etc.) then we get OUR
| electrician to wire up a convenient outlet.  It saves a lot of
| headaches.  What did you find out about the outlet that was putting out
| 30 volts?  Usually when something's that freaky, it points to a "bigger"
| issue (like a loose connection in the main breaker panel) which could
| turn into something particularly nasty.