Hi,Manchester - England.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.

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.| Hi,|| Manchester - England.|| 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.|| -- | Richard Faulkner

End of Line Resistor - Are they a standard design?

Sep 30, 2005 21 Replies

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Frank Olson 20 years ago

The metal ones are automatically grounded. The plastic ones require you to glue the grounding wire to them. ;-))

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Richard Faulkner 20 years ago

In message , snipped-for-privacy@hotmail.com writes

Thanks to everyone for their replies - The builder tells me that the eol resistor is housed in a unit which screws into the smoke alarm unit. We're going to take one out over the next couple of days so we can see if we can get one elsewhere.

Thanks again.

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