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Re: security system advice



Then they'd sue you and win

"Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Much easier to just spread about 20 pounds of carpet tacks in the
> crawlspace.
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> **Crash Gordon**
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> "Mark Leuck" <m..leuck@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> | "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:
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> | > > 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
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> | > mils. I think the 1832 has zone follower attributes on the pgm
outputs,
> | > hmmm...seems I saw that. Donno.
> | >
> | > --
> | > js
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> | 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
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