Re: Life Sucks, Then You Move On

[Effenpig1 <dirtyspicevent@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Dec 6, 3:49=A0pm, Jim <alarmi...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Dec 5, 8:26 pm, Effenpig1 <dirtyspicev...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > I still pull out one of those old green ademco panels with the gauge
> > on the front every so often. I guess they came along right after the
> > trip vines were phased out. All the zones on one big loop, backup
> > power was a stack of dry cells. I'm still trying to figure out how to
> > hook up a 2-wire smoke to one of these things, anybody have a manual?-
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> That's probably the Ademco 1000 which was the most commonly =A0used
> panel back then although there was the 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005 and I
> think a few more but I'm not sure.They used the Bright Star =A01-1/2
> volt EOL batteries and a 6 volt dry cell bell battery before the # 86
> power supply came out. But even with the power supply you still had to
> use the 6 volt dry cell for back up. Manual? I think there was only a
> four page leaflet for instructions. What the hell did you need to
> know? two terminals each for the bell, keyswitch, battery and loop. We
> din knee no steenking phone lines!
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> They were burg only panels. The fire panel was the Ademco 508 with the
> 512 four zone expander and there was only the 527 Ademco smoke
> detector. What's a two wire smoke?

I wonder if that stuff is worth anything ? I have several of the
"ademco 1000 series" and a few old ADT branded panels. I also have
some old ADT commercial stuff, several rather large "panels" that were
part of a system that monitored valve tampers and such for a large
water tank.