Re: You always think you've seen it all

[ABLE1 <somewhere@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 7/19/2018 4:43 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:
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> "Jim Davis"Â  wrote in message
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> On Thursday, July 19, 2018 at 8:49:25 AM UTC-4, ABLE1 wrote:
>> On 7/18/2018 12:32 PM, Jim Davis wrote:
>> > One of my customers moved to a house that already had an alarm
>> system > installed. Vista 20 panel with a zone expander, two keypads
>> and get > this...â?¦
>> >
>> > 10 motion detectors and 9 audio glass break detectors. Two out of
>> three > doors have hard wired contacts. The third door has no contact
>> (depends > on motion detector for detection). No windows have contacts.
>> > The motions detectors and the glass break detectors are located in
>> the > corner of each room BUT â?¦.. they are mounted side by side on the
>> flat > surface of the wall in the corner. In other words, the motion
>> detector > only covers half the room and the glass break detectors
>> don't face the > windows.
>> >
>> > But, get this â?¦.. there was an addition put on the house. So the
>> l0th > motion detector is mounted in the dirt floor three foot high
>> crawl space > under the addition that is separated from the original
>> basement by the > old foundation wall that has two basement windows as
>> access. I guess > because the crawl space has an outside entrance.
>> however, the two > basement windows are covered by a motion detector
>> and a glass break > detector located in the finished basement.
>> >
>> > There are three self contained 30 watt sirens in each of 3 attic
>> vents > powered with an auxiliary power supply through a relay and the
>> power > supply also powers all the glass breaks and motion detectors.
>> No aux > power is drawn from the panel. I'm guessing they did it that
>> way because > they had a problem sharing the power with the panel
>> because they didn't > know that you had to have a common ground
>> between the supplies and they > couldn't get it to work right.
>> >
>> > There's also a smoke detector in the boiler room.
>> >
>> > So ��. fix that �.. why doncha!
>> >
>> > I'm guessing that this is a perfect example of a DIY project.
>> >
>> > Ya just don't know ����. what ya don't know.
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>> Jim,
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>> And you.................
>> Powered up, pressed * and # entered programming
>> changed the installer code, Master Code for customer
>> account number, and phone number, told the customer
>> to call if he has a problem right??
>>
>> I hope not!!!
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>> Yes, it was definitely a DIY project for sure.
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>> SCARY!!
>>
>> Les
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>>>> Multiple trips to the attic (80+ degrees outside) to trace which
>>>> wires to disconnect from the unused PIR's.
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> Psssssshaw!  You don't know hot boy.  If I was dealing with such frigid
> temps I might still be a wire monkey.
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