Ademco Vista-15 Install Manual

It's true and he's almost like a real person

Holy crap ! And I thought I was active on my vacation...doesn't sound like anything near as interesting as all that went on here in ASA.....:))

On the business related side, I met Jim Rojas in person in Tampa for the first time....

To sum up....

BTW, following up on batteries overheating, I once had a call from the client of a dealer that went out of business saying there was a foul smell coming out of the can and a battery trouble on the keypad. When I went in, I found a battery that had obviously shorted internally, and swollen up until it was nearly as round as a softball. It was so hot to the touch, I nearly burned myself on it. It has actually charred some documentation the previous dealer had left in the can. Its rare, but it can happen....

RHC

Much ado about nuthin'. The scrap of wire would have acted like a fuse and opened. The smoke was just a bit of the battery case melting when the wire initally tried to carry all that current. :-)

I'm curious as to whether this panel was powered by a transformer with an internal fuse. It would seem to me that if the rectifier were fried, it would be pulling enough current to blow the transformer fuse.

In any case, you've made another interesting point: there's only a limited amount of oxygen inside an alarm panel to support combustion, and air circulation through the knockouts isn't likely to bring in a fresh supply. So even if something overheats, the likelihood of a fire breaking out of the can seems pretty low.

- badenov

Since you're in the mood to be a thoughtless, inconsiderate little prick today...

Why don't you just post some multi-megabyte binaries while you're at it?

Not that any of us require additional proof that you're an asshole.

I was using the standard white DSC transformer (with the external LED)....dunno if that one is fused or not ! And yes, the actual fire didn't start until I actually opened the can allowing oxygen to enter freely. Previously, the can was full of noxious smoke which kept things from igniting....

RHC

I suppose...but i want a new cordless drill, and an additional hardrive, and a new truck, and and and....

Keep filling the newsgroup with hateful vitriol and I just may.

It's fused.

For the cordless drill take a look at

Go for it, you're tantrums are entertaining

That would make you a complete Basshole. Not that there was ever any doubt.

Since there's no point in doing anything half-Bassed, you might as well. While you're at it, you can explain why it's okay for you to post a 3Mb advertisement, but not okay for others to post a 3Mb binary. Is it because you so thoughtfully put the initials "PR" at the beginning of some (but not all) of your posts? If so, then it must be okay to post large binaries, so long as you put the word "Binary" at the beginning of the subject line, right?

I assume that "PR" is short for "PRick," right?

I just scored a new Makita 18v drill for $99. Looks like they're blowing out the old stuff . Hard drives are cheap, I just bought a couple 400's and with GM in trouble, look for incentives on your new truck. See you in Vegas ;-) js

Where'd you find it for 99, the cheapest I found was 138.

Dixieline, just before xmas. js

If I wanted the best, I'd buy Milwaukee. Besides, the Makita comes in that cool blue/green color, and looks bitchin next to my other Makita stuff. js