Re: Weird heat detector

["Bill" <billnomailnospamx@xxxxxxxxx>]

"nick markowitz" <nmarkowitz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Ok so I have this personnel care home which has an Edwards 6000 fire
> panel which has been causing mysterious false last couple days I
> trace
> it to the heat detectors in shower areas and when i pull the Edwards
> heat down one of them has what looks like a black resistor factory
> installed to one side of tabs  to center of detector. never saw one
> of
> these before with all the hundreds i have change over years any idea
> what it is? Power Led ? etc.

There is a 0 ohm resistor...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-ohm_link