Re: security system advice

["Mark Leuck" <m..leuck@xxxxxxxxx>]

"alarman" <nospam@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:QUcJj.8215$CO2.5514@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> chambersdon@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > I have recently had a number of break-ins at a rental property I am
> > trying to renovate.  I have been doing a total rewire since the house
> > was built in 1900 and still has a couple of exterior fuse panels on
> > the back porch (it was a duplex I'm converting back into a single
> > family house)  A day after I had the house ready for rough wiring
> > inspection thieves broke into the 6' crawlspace and cut and stole all
> > of the wire running under the house.  I secured the crawlspace a
> > little better, had the house rewired and nearly ready for inspection
> > again and the thieves returned, broke off the lock and cut the wire
> > again...I'm fed up and need a security system (at least
> > temporarily).
> >
> > I'm looking at the DSC 1832.  I want to put a motion sensor under the
> > house near the new wire breaker box where all of the wires come under
> > the house with both a siren under and outside of the house.  I also
> > purchased a couple of pepper spray release traps that work off of the
> > 12VDC bell signal(one for under the house and one for in the house).
> > I plan on placing another motion sensor in the house in the hall where
> > the breaker panel is located because that is where the thieves will
> > most likely go if they can't get in under the house. (I put a serious
> > lock mechanism on the door to get under the house).
> >
> > Here are my questions/problems:
> >
> > 1. To pass the rough wiring inspection, I will most likely have to
> > remove the old fuse boxes from the house leaving the house without
> > power for a few weeks until I can get the sheetrock completed and the
> > final wiring inspected and passed.  What are my options for powering
> > the security system during this time?  I thought about using a 12V car
> > battery somehow but I'm not sure how to go about it at this point.
> > Has anyone out there run into having to power your alarm system for an
> > extended amount of time without power to the house?
> >
> > 2. Will the DSC be able to drive 2 sirens and 2 pepper spray traps
> > without some type of aux power supply?  The pepper spray traps use
> > just a few mA to power an audible countdown timer and then 800mA to
> > power the solenoid for 30 seconds while the pepper spray is dispersed.
> > The sirens will be standard interior and exterior sirens but I will
> > attempt to get sirens with a lower amp draw.
> >
> > Does DSC sell an Aux power supply to fit into the control panel?
> >
> > 3.  This brings up another question.  I will have 2 pepper spray traps
> > but i don't want them both to go off.  Can I control 2 seperate 12V
> > bells based on what zones are triggered with the DSC?
> >
> > 4.  Based on the info above, will the DSC be the best choice or would
> > a VISTA 20P or other system be better?
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any help you can give me.  I have never
> > installed a security system but i have done other electonic projects
> > and I'm not usually firghtened by wiring diagrams and instructions.
>
> Pepper spray traps? Really? Cool. You'll need an aux power supply all
right.
> It's a PC5204, and it needs it's own 16.5 VAC/40VA transformer, and
battery.
> Use a relay to cut the siren while the pepper spray trap is drawing it's
800
> mils. I think the 1832 has zone follower attributes on the pgm outputs,
> hmmm...seems I saw that. Donno.
>
> --
> js

Yup it does although it works by zone banks, so if he wants zone 8 to trip
the pgm zones 1 to 7 will too