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    False Alarms on ELK-6052 Wireless Heat/Smoke Detector

    Hey everyone, We've been getting false alarms on our wireless smoke detectors and I'm at my wits end trying to understand what's happening. The system was installed by me in 2018. There are three wireless smoke detectors. They worked for some years with only one or two false alarms but they...
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    Smoke detector questions

    I'm guessing the answers vary depending on location, but does the Elk M1G, when used with the appropriate 2-wire or 4-wire smoke detectors, fit the definition of "hardwired smoke detectors"? Also, might as well ask... what about an Elk M1G with only Elk 2-way wireless smoke detectors? I don't...
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    Smoke Trouble: How to Test Zones (1-4) Smoke Inputs on OMNI II Pro

    Greetings, I reconfigured ZONES 2-4 as "NRM" quite a while ago, with ZONE-1 dedicated to 4W Smoke Detector Loop (SMK). I connected Water Moccasin contact closure on ZONE3, and then after powering up the panel, My Smoke detector loops shows "Trouble Now". I since moved relay contact to Expansion...
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    Smoke detector location

    This is for a home [still] under construction. It's time to do the rough-in wiring for smoke detectors, so I'm trying to determine locations for smoke detectors. I understand the general rules, i.e., every sleeping area, hallways outside sleeping areas, three feet from HVAC supplies and return...
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