Vinyl Window / Slider Contact Placement

I'd use screws for the xmitter. for the mag thats the idea. then a little gleu to hold the mag. or use external contacts and you remote the xmitter a small distance if easier.

Heh, thanks. I appreciate it.

Joe

I clean the spot w alcohol wipe then stick mag to clean dry spot. A bead of bathroom silicone sealer comes in colors or clear to hold it if the double stick gives out in 6 months.

The recessed xmitters have less range. The 3M tape that comes with the contacts works great if you clean the surface with alcohol first. I have some that haven't moved a speck in 20 years...and still nearly impossible to remove. If you don't clean first, they may fall off next week though - especially on vinyl.

| >> Now, on vinyl windows I am assuming that I can't screw in the contacts. | >> They would ruin the windows and I would be out of luck. However, is it | >> acceptable to use some sort of 3M double contact tape to affix say the | >> transmiter to the window frame (Which is also vinyl) and then use the | >> same tape to affix the magnet to the actual window that is sliding back | >> and forth? | >>

| >> I have seen the type of wireless contacts that you can drill into a frame | >> and then the magnet piece is drilled into the door. I will use this type | >> on my front door which is wood but am I mising something here on vinyl | >> windows? Thanks for any input. | >>

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| > I'd use screws for the xmitter. | > for the mag thats the idea. then a little gleu to hold the mag. | > or use external contacts and you remote the xmitter a small distance if | > easier. | >

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Thanks guys. One more question if any of you have an idea. I have a garage that I would like to setup with a wired smoke detector/heat detector. The issue I think is that my garage can get really hot in the summer. Sometimes it's a hundred degrees out here and the garage can get blistering. What would be some of your suggestions for types of wired smoke/heat detectors...or maybe something else I haven't thougt of? I have a DSC 832 system.

I wouldn't recommend smokes in a garage. Dust, dirt, greasey residue, spiders, ants etc. Use a 195* heat detector(s). Will work just fine.

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832 | > system. | > 20 | > > years...and still nearly impossible to remove. If you don't clean first, | > > they may fall off next week though - especially on vinyl. | > >

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| > > | >> Now, on vinyl windows I am assuming that I can't screw in the | > > contacts. | > > | >> They would ruin the windows and I would be out of luck. However, | is | > > it | > > | >> acceptable to use some sort of 3M double contact tape to affix say | > > the | > > | >> transmiter to the window frame (Which is also vinyl) and then use | the | > > | >> same tape to affix the magnet to the actual window that is sliding | > > back | > > | >> and forth? | > > | >>

| > > | >> I have seen the type of wireless contacts that you can drill into a | > > frame | > > | >> and then the magnet piece is drilled into the door. I will use | this | > > type | > > | >> on my front door which is wood but am I mising something here on | > > vinyl | > > | >> windows? Thanks for any input. | > > | >>

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| > > | > I'd use screws for the xmitter. | > > | > for the mag thats the idea. then a little gleu to hold the mag. | > > | > or use external contacts and you remote the xmitter a small distance | > > if | > > | > easier. | > > | >

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Exactomundo. Rate of rise detector would trip faster than a fixed temp heat detector. ROR determine a fire by how fast the temp rises in a certain length of time. Use combo detector with rate of rise and fixed temp for the best of both worlds.

Depending on construction I usually use a mini flange contact like the GRI

50F12 in conjunction with a transmitter. I drill a small hole in the drywall next to the window at the top, then another small hole through the top of the window frame right next to the hole in the drywall. I'll fish the wire leads on the contact through the holes, and mount the transmistter over the hole in the drywall. Then its a simple matter of marking the frame and window to align the magnet on the top of the window. Makes for a very neat looking installation, and by putting my holes at the top there is no chance of water damage to the wall from rain water filling the window track. Doesn't always work though if the customer has blinds installed against the window inside the opening. On the other hand if blinds are mounted out from the window then they don't even see the transmitter when the blinds are open.