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Re: False alarm due to temperature????



Check the wire resistance. What brand of contacts are you using?

Jim Rojas



borne@xxxxxxxx wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Back in September lightning struck my self installed, wired alarm
> system.  It is an old radio shack unit.  I replaced all contacts and
> everything has been working fine until last night.  I had a false
> alarm about 4 in the morning.  The zone that went off consists of 3
> windows.  All were closed.  I reset the alarm and it showed that the
> sensors were normal - closed.
>
> So for sme reason the system tripped for a second, but I don't know
> why.  The temp got down to 36 F which is the coldest we've had in a
> long time.  I'd like to think maybe it had something to do with
> setting off the alarm, but that does not make sense since it still
> would have shown an open sensor until the temp rose.  Any ideas on
> what I can do to diagnose the problem or duplicate it?
>
> Thanks


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