Re: home owner needs advice

["Bob La Londe" <none@xxxxxxxxxx>]

"CalT" <calT@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Robert Neville <dont@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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>> CalT <calT@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>>>I do not understand the term "zero voltage input terminal".
>>
>> It means you cannot run any kind of load current through the Optex
>> device. The only thing those terminals can be used for is to feed
>> an alarm panel or drive a relay.
>
> To me the term "zero voltage input" is what threw me. I thought they
> meant even the small amount of voltage/mA it would take to feed a small
> relay coil.Maybe I watched to much Sesame Street as a kid, because zero
> to me means zero. None. Nada. Zilch.
>
> I guess I'm just going to have a small small relay feed the coil of a
> larger one which has the capability of handling a bigger amp load
> needed by a siren. I'll have to find out what the current requirements
> are for the coil of a huskier relay.
>
> Thanks for the input.

ELK 924
1.2 mills to trigger
7 amps at upto 30VDC on terminals.
Double Pole, Double Throw so you can trigger two different things.