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    Using builder wiring - 4-wire (fire sensor?) to front door?

    Ahhhhhhh.  Makes sense now.  Thanks, Sparkman1.  I'll have you decipher any other weird scribbles I can't make work... ;)
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    Using builder wiring - 4-wire (fire sensor?) to front door?

    Well, I misled myself.  Apparently "Family Room Dlr" scribbled on the wire means "Family Room Motion Sensor".  Not that Dlr meant "door" either, but last night that seemed more likely than anything else.  And it makes sense that a motion sensor needs power.  Which, as you point out, should be...
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    Using builder wiring - 4-wire (fire sensor?) to front door?

    Hi - I'm ripping out a builder-installed Honeywell system and installing an Elk M1 Gold.  Window sensors work fine.  However, the front door (which is clearly labeled, and WORKED on the Honeywell system, I made him do a walk test with me) uses a 4-wire connector, and the installer who put in the...
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    Replacing a pre-wired Honeywell with an Elk

    Thank you, mikefamig and RAL.  They put the Honeywell enclosure (which is small, either 12 or 14", I'll measure it this morning) above the structured wiring panel; I don't think there's 24" or 28" between the structured wiring panel and the ceiling, but I really only need "alarm" bits in the...
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    Replacing a pre-wired Honeywell with an Elk

    Hello!  We're building a new house which is almost done, and I want to replace the prewired system (which I did to get the sensor wiring done at build time) with an Elk so I can integrate it with other home automation things.  They wired it up yesterday and here's what I saw:   * Above the...
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