Resistors can be gotten from any electronics supplier. Sometimes you can't get the exact spot on value and have to fudge it a bit, but unless its a really weird resistor you should be able to find replacement.
There is nothing special about an EOL resistor, other than it normally has a label on it listing it as an approved/compatable device for the control panel (It may be different in the UK) . Any resistor of the correct value, tolerance and rating will work but since it doesn't have the label on it, technically it shouldn't be used. Its also possible that the panel uses something other than a resistor to supervisor the loop
Call the manufacturer direct, tell them the situation and they may send the resistors directly to you, failing that they should direct you to another supplier/installer..
This is pure specualtion in this case, but when a installer can't get a simple item from his supplier or the supplier can't get it from the manufacturer there is always the possibility that a financial dispute is clouding the issue. The installer may owe the supplier money, the supplier may owe the manufaturer money, you may owe......
Yah you can get close...but I probably wouldn't on a fire system.
Why the heck doesn't Honeywell sell resistors for their panels? It's a minor annoyance...but still
| | Remember that 4th band on the resisitor? Gold/Silver/None? | You can get pretty close, then if your not exact: remember to look at | the tolerance band: +/- 5%, 10%, 20% then do the math- if your intended | value falls within the +/- % spec you're good to go! | Mike S. | >
7 | > | flats, but it doesnt yet work. The installer is saying that he cannot | > | get an end of line resistor from the supplier who is waiting for them to | > | be delivered, (this has gone on for several weeks now). | > | | > | I have asked if the resistor can be obtained from somewhere else and he | > | says that it cant. | > | | > | Am I right in thinking that this must be a simple thing to obtain, or is | > | it likely to be a resistor unique to the system? | > | | > | Any help appreciated as I think I am being blagged - although I cant | > | imagine why. | > | | > | -- | > | Richard Faulkner | >
I'm not familiar with the products in England but it could be that the end of line resistor is a "listed" item for that particular system or it may be housed/contained within a special casing or some such. It's not that the resistor is any different than any other, it's just that in order to comply with any codes in your area, or remain within the specifications for the main panel, the installer cannot use a standard resistor.
I don't think so. If you're looking for a 2K resistor and you find a 2.5K -
20%, it could be anywhere from 2K to 3K. If it's more than 2.3K, you'd be out of spec for many systems. You'd have to actually measure the resistor to see what it's value is. Most resistors on the market today are 5%. Rather than mess with tolerances, you'd be better off combining resistors in a series or parallel configuration to get what you want. Resistors in series add their values Rt = R1 + R2. For resistors in parallel (R1xR2) / (R1 + R2).
Remember that 4th band on the resisitor? Gold/Silver/None? You can get pretty close, then if your not exact: remember to look at the tolerance band: +/- 5%, 10%, 20% then do the math- if your intended value falls within the +/- % spec you're good to go! Mike S.
I have had a fire alarm / smoke detection system fitted to a block of 7 flats, but it doesnt yet work. The installer is saying that he cannot get an end of line resistor from the supplier who is waiting for them to be delivered, (this has gone on for several weeks now).
I have asked if the resistor can be obtained from somewhere else and he says that it cant.
Am I right in thinking that this must be a simple thing to obtain, or is it likely to be a resistor unique to the system?
Any help appreciated as I think I am being blagged - although I cant imagine why.
Most are 5%?"I do'nt think so"- I can find 10% easily. Why do you think I said "DO THE MATH"? My stupid assumption that guys who install in the field are competent and capable as well as maybe having SOME BASIC knowledge( maybe they passed a State Test?) SOME Courses go over this! What's your're thoughts on matching Wattage, Genius?
Perhaps I misunderstood what you were saying. I thought you were indicating a 20% resistor would work for any desired value within + or - range because you didn't make any mention of taking an actual measurement of the resistor value. Sorry, didn't mean to ruffle your feathers. Yes, I agree you can still find 20% resistors but they are not as common as 5%. Most carbon film
1/2 watt resistors readily available these days marketed with a 5% tolerance unless you're shopping from a surplus house or yard sale. What is it that you want to know about wattage?
Yes, the reciprocal resistance formula can be used for more than two parallel resistors. Or you can combine two, measure the resultant resistance and then treat the pair as one, combining it with yet another and another. And then the whole mess can be added to series resistors. We used to have a machine that would sort 10% and 5% resistors so we wouldn't have to pay for
1% resistors. The fallout from most 5% and 10% lots resembled a bell curve with most values within 2% of the middle. In reality, component manufacture is not always a precise science. Therefore, they sort them and charge you more to get a higher percentage close to what you want. You want me to buy all your rejects? OK, cheaper price, you have 10% resistors instead of 5% which means the manufacturer has just cut his scrap rate. I worked for a company one time that had contracts that specified the number of parts out of spec that the customer would agree to receive for the negotiated price. If we had a super day with no rejects, we'd go to the warehouse and get bad parts and add just enough rejects to the shipment to give the customer the agreed upon percentage. The business world can be harsh at times.
Robertm is right. However, resistor sizes are standardized and the various values are easily had. If you can't get exactly what you need you can also run two or three resistors in parallel, series or a combination to obtain virtually any value you need.
Agreed again, but that's easy enough. It looks like he's being "blagged".
(R1xR2) / (R1 + R2).
Hmm. That works for two resistors in parallel. For multiple resistors I've always used:
Rn = 1/((1/R1) + (1/R2) + (1/R3) + ...))
Thus two 8-Ohm and one 4-Ohm resistors would give you 1/(.125 + .25) =
1/.375) = 2.67 Ohms. [common speaker system problem].
Or 1000-Ohm and 1000-Ohm and 2200-Ohm = 407.4-Ohms.
In Canada, EOL resistors for Fire Alarm applications must be mounted on an approved End-of-Line Plate. These are usually red or off white with a resistor symbol on them. They screw to a standard single gang box. You can't use just "any plate". It has to have a ULC sticker on it. Dumb sounding, I know, but that's the way the cookie crumbles... at least in Canada. I would think the UK wouldn't be all that different.
What is unique is the resistor VALUE for the particular system. And, yes, it is a simple thing to obtain. What panel? This asshole Bass just likes to pick fights with alarm dealers.
down here in the Bahamas, noone really uses EOL ... though I have in the past, there are just no legal requirements for it here .. my last few major alarms I have though .. they look at me wierd when they turn up to one of my latest alarms and find full diagrams of the system, and EOL on every zone, since i dont do alarm service much anymore, turned over to the alarm co's, they are all 18 year olds or local old timers that dont know about EOL and why to use it, it kind of confuses them.
JoeRais> Perhaps he said end of line resistor 'relay'?
down here in the Bahamas, noone really uses EOL ... though I have in the past, there are just no legal requirements for it here .. my last few major alarms I have though .. they look at me wierd when they turn up to one of my latest alarms and find full diagrams of the system, and EOL on every zone, since i dont do alarm service much anymore, turned over to the alarm co's, they are all 18 year olds or local old timers that dont know about EOL and why to use it, it kind of confuses them.
JoeRais> Perhaps he said end of line resistor 'relay'?
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