Re: DSC FSA-410AST Smoke Detectors

["doug" <vssdoug@xxxxxxxxx>]

"Chris" <chriswheeldon@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Wednesday, August 21, 2013 4:41:45 AM UTC-7, NickMark wrote:
> On Tuesday, August 20, 2013 6:30:03 PM UTC-4, Chris wrote:
>



>Thanks Nick.  I see a lot of old systems that were never planned out well
>enough and end up with issues (like half a dozen 20->watt sirens trying to
>draw way more power than the panel can give).  Actually, this is one of
>those "problem systems" in another >way.  There's a zone expander on the
>system, which is an improvement over most that I see, but the 8 smokes take
>up only 2 >zones.  I was hoping they were all home run and could be
>separated, but no... they were all daisy chained instead.
>
>This is a DSC 5010, so it's capable of having two more zone expanders and
>running 32 zones.  There's lots of room in the >electrical room where the
>panel is located to add a separate enclosure for the zone expander if
>needed.  And to top it off, this >was a prewired building (sometime in the
>90's I assume).  So why not home run everything and do it properly?
>
>- Chris

Is this a commercial building in the US?

I don't think the 5010 was ever approved for commercial fire in the USA

Doug