All - Im looking at expanding my Elk M1 system to include smokes and CO2. My house is rather large and between the bedrooms, basement, 1st, 2nd floor and attic I figure I am looking at about 12 smokes needed.
Ive read a number of posts debating the 2 wire vs 4 wire setup and Im looking for a recommendation on what might meet my needs. I understand that with 4 wire I will need supervision on the power as well as alarm wiring. I trade off this complexity with what looks like best practice in having each floor on a separate zone. If I want the 4 floors on their own zone, my M1G only allows 2 wire on 1 zone, zone 16. Am I locked into 4 wire in this case? Obviously I will be daisy chaining each zone no matter what and I do want to keep with local code having all units sound in an alarm.
Also, can anyone also recommend what brand and model has worked well with their Elk system? Id like to have sounders in each unit and possibly mix in some heat and smoke units.
Thanks in advance!
Ive read a number of posts debating the 2 wire vs 4 wire setup and Im looking for a recommendation on what might meet my needs. I understand that with 4 wire I will need supervision on the power as well as alarm wiring. I trade off this complexity with what looks like best practice in having each floor on a separate zone. If I want the 4 floors on their own zone, my M1G only allows 2 wire on 1 zone, zone 16. Am I locked into 4 wire in this case? Obviously I will be daisy chaining each zone no matter what and I do want to keep with local code having all units sound in an alarm.
Also, can anyone also recommend what brand and model has worked well with their Elk system? Id like to have sounders in each unit and possibly mix in some heat and smoke units.
Thanks in advance!