Ademco 20P EOLR question

In between contact 2 terminal 2 and the return conductor. Realistically though, it can go anywhere on the circuit in series with the switches (preferably at the switch end -- some installers put them in the panel which defeats the purpose).

stop before you blow yourself up...wait for the alarm guy to hook up your system.

terminals 1 & 2 have *nothing* to do with door or window contacts!

I read that as the terminals on the contact, not the board.

If he did mean the board then all I can say is, "HOLY CRAP!!!"

Perhaps terminal 1 and 2 were not the correct terminalogy to use..... I used terminal 1 and 2 to denote the two ends of the contact/switch, not the terminals on the main board.

He knows that, he was busting your balls.

Ok, fair enough, all newbies have to pay their dues.....

If you choose to put the EOL at the panel, you might as well program the zone for no EOL at all. It is an option on the 20P, except for 24 hour type zones.

Jim Rojas

k_upt> Ok, fair enough, all newbies have to pay their dues.....

You might want to reconsider the way you're running the wires. Instead of making an amoeboid loop like you described, run separate cables to each detector. Splice them together at the panel. That way when (not if) something goes wrong you can open the loops at the panel to determine where the problem is. The way you're planning it will be harder to service later.

As to the EOL resistor, Graham's original suggestion will work fine. Place the EOL in the series with the return line after the last sensor in the circuit.

Yabbut, programming for EOL, even if it's at the panel, will indicate trouble on the zone with a ground fault. And it's a DIY system, so ground faults are somewhat more likely.

on a burg zone?...im not sure that it does.

You should home-run all your contact points. That way you can annunciate each one uniquely at the keypad. If you're "gung ho" about using the end of lines, I'd take the switches back and get GRI stubbies with the EOL's built in and the terminal connections (not the pig-tails). That's the proper way to wire the zone, but Graham's idea works too. :-)

How are things goin', Robert? Email me if you'd like to keep your reply off the board.

My chemo starts today so I may be taking a few days off, depending on how rough it is.

Good luck man, hope it helps.

Won't allow it to be armed, which says "I need service".

Thanks to all for the help. zones 2-8 are now working and tested... next on the todo list is the 4219 zone expander.

Go with the 4229 - you never know what cool uses you may find for the relays...

I wish Honeywell would finally update those archaic module designs. Everyone else's expanders & modules are 50-75 percent smaller, and actually do alot more...

Jim Rojas

JoeRais>> Thanks to all for the help. zones 2-8 are now working and tested...

Thanks. It was pretty awful today. The chemo is much stronger than the first regimen was.