Re: False alarm due to temperature????

["Roland Moore" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Recheck your connections to the contacts. Find out what total loop
resistance is (on all loops hopefully). Check gap distance on openings. Find
out what the loop response time is on the control panel. Check for
inductances and grounds.

<borne@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> 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