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Re: 2 wire vs 4 wire Smoke allarms



"Coppernob" <alexnorton@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 8 Aug 2006 19:54:04 -0400, Stu Alden <foo@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>4-wire will work with any conventional zone circuit, need separate power
>>circuit, no list of approved models to worry about.
>
> For remodel codoe requires me to use 110V models, so i think i have to
> go 4wire, but then do i need to purchase a relay to connect to the
> Omni?

110V are different from 4 wire which are 12V or 24V.  you can hook up relay
from 110V to OMNI but that is against code.  The relay is not listed for
connection to alarm system. It appears condo has you in  a Catch 22




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