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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| > > | >> 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