shenandoah75
Active Member
I read a few prior posts on this but didn't see a definitive answer... For those of you with this device and who don't have the amperage to spare from the elk (i/m at over .6Amps now and adding more smokes, water sensors, motions on top of that so that's out for me), are you using battery backup for this? I see 3 options:
1) a panel like the P112K - don't reallt want to pay for it nor deal with the wiring issues in terms where i'd have to place unless i really need to
2) elk p-1216 power supply - would lose battery backup. I have one panel which has a UPS for A/C power, but with the existing 16V Elk wart and the M1, i don't have room for this in there - so it has to go in one of my other enclosures (preferably the one closest to water main/garage).
3) drop a battery and the ELK-P624 into my existing panel (where i'd have a relay to control this from as well) - but what's the chance i'm going to sprink a leak when the power is out?
Anyways what did you do?
-brad
1) a panel like the P112K - don't reallt want to pay for it nor deal with the wiring issues in terms where i'd have to place unless i really need to
2) elk p-1216 power supply - would lose battery backup. I have one panel which has a UPS for A/C power, but with the existing 16V Elk wart and the M1, i don't have room for this in there - so it has to go in one of my other enclosures (preferably the one closest to water main/garage).
3) drop a battery and the ELK-P624 into my existing panel (where i'd have a relay to control this from as well) - but what's the chance i'm going to sprink a leak when the power is out?
Anyways what did you do?
-brad
