Re: System Sensor 2W-B

["Robert L Bass" <Sales@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Frank Olson" <use-the-email-links@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:YVGul.17492$3S3.16795@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Robert L Bass wrote:
>> "Frank Olson" wrote:
>>>
>>> OK...  So the question remains...  why doesn't the panel
>>> manufacturer list them as compatible?...
>>
>> I seem to recall you and I discussed this once before.
>
> Yep.  And I also seem to recall there's a huge disparity between Canadian
> and US practices.
>
>
>> Panel manufacturers test and certify their products with some, but not all,
>> detector brands/models.  Detector manufacturers routinely test and "list"
>> their products for use with as many popular panels as they can.
>
> We go by panel manufacturers and for good reason...  I imagine that there
> are several Chinese smoke detector manufacturers that would love to flood
> the market with their cheap knock-off (read reverse engineered) products.
>
>
>
>> You'd think that Honeywell would want their panels listed for use with
>> System Sensor for obvious reasons, but each manufacturing division makes
>> its own decisions about testing and other costs.
>
> I believe you've hit the nail on the head...
>
>
>> Probably the guys at the "Ademco" division decided to let the guys at
>> System Sensor bear the cost.  :^)
>>
>
> The guy I spoke with at the "Ademco" division don't recognize the C2W as
> being compatible (or UL Listed) for use with the Vista 20...  In fact, it's
> the first he'd heard of it...

It's 2WT.  I doubt anyone here would equate System Sensor products with
Chinese knockoffs.  They're among the best on the market.

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Regards,
Robert L Bass

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