Recent content by 2blackbelt

I used Centralite Elegance in a 9000 sq ft home and love it. Have had no problems and used my local electrician to wire it in. Bought the system from a local store, programmed it myself and am proud of it. I would recommend it to anybody. The only problem I have is when my kids, 11 & 8 have...

I guess my question now is if I wire the 4wtba smokes as a 2wtba and zone in a group of four sokes per zone would I use the EOL used for the 4wtba or the 2wtba EOL relays? Still trying to wrap my brain on how to wire these since they are home runned and i already have the 16 detectors. I am...

so what is the recommendations for wiring these detectors to the Elk? All of my wires were home run and I have 16 detectors. I'm open for suggestions.

How would I wire it as a single loop if everything was home runned? Would I need EOL on every smoke?

Dont know if this helps but I built a new house and home run all cables including the smokes. Had I dont it all over again I would have daisy chained. I dont have all my smokes working (Temporary Battery Smokes now) but here is a diagram I had someone help me with using the Elk system. Should...

Did you replace the fixture or just the bulb? I have four LED landscape fixtures and it is a bright white....kinda harsh but lights up good. Wondering how you switched to a Soft White?

Are you talking about this for the power supervision relay? http://www.automated...t.A/id.29660/.f or http://www.automatedoutlet.com/Home/Relay-Modules-Timers/ELK-912

I ran 4 wire firewire cable (Standard smoke wire) . I would add a EOL resistor at each smoke.

All of my wires are home run to the automation room. So I wont be able to daisy chain the wiring.

Finally have time over the holidays to finish my wiring project. Attached is the schematic of the wiring diagram for 16 system sensor 4WTA-B smoke detectors to a separate power supply. Using the M1G. It is a large house and am wanting all smokes to alarm when one smoke activates. Also want...

Added image to gallery of diagram of layout for the schematics.

Hi everyone, Newbie here trying to wire a Elk M1G with 16 Smokes along with approximately 60 zones, 4-5 Temp Sensors and a Elk WSV (Water Shutoff Valve). Because of the power requirements I am using a Elk P412 four amp power supply. The smokes are the System Sensor 4WTA-B. All smokes are...

Spray foam was a no brainer for me. I have 9 foot walls on two floors and 8 foot on the 3rd floor. With the size of the house and the reduction in tonnage for the geothermal saved me 4 tons of geothermal. It cost me $14,000 for insulation (Walls and ceiling). It was going to cost me $10,500...

Hey guys, wanted to chime in on the geothermal. I built a new 9000 sq. ft. house with 7800 heated/cooled last year. Have lived in the house over a year and my average electrical bill is $225.00 per month. I have two 4 ton geothermals from waterfurnace. I used foam insulation in walls and...

How did you program the crestron and the mx remotes? Was it done by a custom installer or was it done by yourself? I didnt think URC provided the programing for the remotes?