When I installed the alarm system in my previous home I didn't install resisters. The system could be configured to not use them. The system worked fine without the resistors.
I am currently installing an ELK M1 Gold in the home I recently bought and have been installing EOL resisters.
Could someone educate me on the purpose of the resisters? Also I've been putting them near the furthest sensor on the loop - which is what I thought the instructions said. It seems other people put them in near the panel? Where should they be placed?
My assumption was that they helped the system to know if the wires were shorted somewhere between the panel and the end of the wire. With a shorted wire and no resister the panel would always show the zone as closed. If that is the case, then putting a resistor in near the panel doesn't really accomplish anything?
I am currently installing an ELK M1 Gold in the home I recently bought and have been installing EOL resisters.
Could someone educate me on the purpose of the resisters? Also I've been putting them near the furthest sensor on the loop - which is what I thought the instructions said. It seems other people put them in near the panel? Where should they be placed?
My assumption was that they helped the system to know if the wires were shorted somewhere between the panel and the end of the wire. With a shorted wire and no resister the panel would always show the zone as closed. If that is the case, then putting a resistor in near the panel doesn't really accomplish anything?