Re: Firewolf 4-wire Napco 816 gives E41

["Russell Brill" <russwbrill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hmmm, someone here is quick to correct others... I always use zone 8 as a
smoke zone because + Fire Power is right next to it, then the - Fire Power
wire is the only wild one traveling to the other side of the circuit
board... It's a neatness thing, I just assumed (whoops) the OP had done the
same... What led me to that assumption, the OP stated, "I have a Napco 816
with a Firewolf 4-wire smoke. It has an EOL on it and it lights up fine,
green lights blink, etc.  The keypad gives me an E41 error on that zone,
however. It's set as a standard Fire zone".... His statement led me to
believe he had checked the two wires at the panel that are used for smoke
zone trigger by reading the resister installed at the smoke head with a
Meter... Which made me think he had NOT properly terminated zone 8 on the
circuit board. If someone is unfamiliar with Napco, that could easily
happen... He also stated, "It's set to a standard fire zone". Zone 7 & 8 can
either be a Standard Fire Zones, or Two-Wire Fire Zones used with Two-Wire
Smoke Detectors.... Again, I might be misunderstanding his statements, but I
believe a reasonable person can see why I would do that... Maybe because
I've actually installed GEM P816's....... Enough said....

Russ


"Frank Olson" <Use-the-email-links@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:sdOCi.119019$fJ5.59386@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Robert L Bass wrote:
>>>> 7 or 8
>>>>
>>>> yes smokes are open devices
>>>>
>>>> if they're 4wire make sure you do the supervision relay correctly
>>>
>>> after all its not rocket science, any primate can doit with help from u
>>> know who.
>>
>> Not quite *any* primate.  Neither you nor the other professional primate
>> noted that the gentleman can use any zone on the P816 for a 4-wire smoke
>> detector.
>
> "The gentleman" also has the manual (and the Quickloader software).  As an
> educated (i.e. literate) primate, he should be able to read that for
> himself.