
also
shows
the condition of the back-
up battery.
There are front -panel switches for
testing the battery and the alarm siren
or bell. In our system we
choose to
use a 2 -tone
siren
-a "wailer " -be-
cause it is supplied in a low -cost
"package" deal, and because in cer-
tain localities
the houses and apart-
ments must have a fire alarm that
sounds
a bell.
While
a bell can be
either a fire or
a burglar alarm, a
wail-
ing siren is always recognized
as
a
burglar alarm, or a panic or a medi-
cal- transmitter call for assistance.
Take note
that there are two
ver-
sions of
the control center, and both
use
the 49
-450 stock number. The
older
version's
battery backup is indi-
vidual
alkaline or Ni -Cd
cells.
The
new version's
backup battery is two
series- connected 6 -volt rechargeable
gel -cells that mount in the
bottom of
the control center. The new
version
also comes
with
an absolutely superb
operating
and alarm- installation man-
ual. You
want
the new version.
Mounting
the
center
The
control center has only two
knockouts in the
back
of
the cabinet,
and they
are going to end up packed
with wires.
If a knockout is blocked
by a stud within
the
wall
you are going
to have
a
miserable
time fishing all the
necessary wires
through the one
re-
maining knockout, so make
certain
that
the center is mounted to the wall
between two studs. It is
easy to use an
electronic stud finder to
determine
the
position
of the studs in the wall.
While
stud finders
are available at Ra-
dio Shack, similar
devices are avail-
able at Sears for
under $10-half the
price of
the Radio Shack model.
When
you
mount the control center
be sure that
the test
switches
can be
used, and the LED indicators
can be
seen by the shortest person who will
use the
alarm system; but keep the
control center high
enough so that its
switches
are beyond the reach of small
children.
No matter what
you
decide to use
as the
main control
center, and no
matter where
you
will
place it, install
a keyswitch in
the control center's
front -panel
knockout as shown in Fig.
1. (A
keyswitch
is
supplied
in the
"package kit.") That way,
if every-
FIG.1-REGARDLESS
very-
FIG.1-
REGARDLESS OF WHAT YOU use
for
the recular
arming switch, there
should be a control keyswitch
on
the front
of
the
central control box.
FIG.
2-TO LEAVE A
WINDOW OPEN
while
the alarm
is
armed,
mount a second
mag-
net a few incies below
the magnetic sen-
sor's
main magnet. Simply
raise the
window
unti
the second
magnet is op-
posite
the
switch.
FIG.
3-A
PLLL -APART will
allow
you
to
leave the top Dart
of an
up -down
or
a
slider
window
Oper.
TO
OTHER
SENSORS
_
CABLE CLAMP,
SERIES
LOOP
FRAME
ce.
,
I
WIN
]CW 'T
1 -=r0
U°'
r
,S.
,
..
.
FIG. 4 -THIS IS
HOW A PULL -APART
is
connected
to the loop.
thing else
crashes the system can be
disarmed.
The
sensors
Next, install the
various
sensors
-
called bugs -on the
windows
and
doors.. The easiest
window
bug to in-
stall is the magnetic switch. If you
want
to
be
able to
leave the
bottom
open for
ventilation,
install a second
magnet
about halfway down, as
shown in Fig. 2. You can then raise
the
window
until the extra magnet is
opposite the switch.
If you want
to be able to open the
top
of
the
window,
use the pull -apart
shown in Fig.
3.
If someone attempts
to lower the window, the
pull
-apart
literally pulls apart and triggers the
alarm. A pull -apart is really a
300
-
ohm
TV
-line
coupler
whose
contacts
are
gold -plated. If you can't get an
"alarm- type
pull
-apart,
use
stan-
dard TV connectors. Either type is
wired
as shown in Fig. 4.
As shown in Fig.
5, difficult -to-
protect basement
windows
can be
hugged with wire
lacing made from
No.
24 or No.
26 enamel- insulated
solid
wire.
Anyone attempting to
push out
the
window will
break the
wire lacing
and trigger the alarm. The
wires themselves
are
held in place
with
round T -25 staples.
Basement windows with
removable
screens and storms
can be protected
by using the ball -type
pull
-trap shown
in Fig. 6 and Fig. 7. Normally, when
the
metal
separator between the balls
is pulled out
the ball contacts don't
touch and
the alarm is triggered. But
by using the connection shown in Fig.
7, anyone forcing the window, or try-
ing to cut the metal pull wire, inter-
rupts the series loop
and thus triggers
the alarm.
Cool it
Basement air conditioners
are a
fa-
vorite
spot for
breaking
in
because
they
are
often
left unconnected to the
alarm. As shown
in Fig. 8, you can
wire
the A/C into the system by plac-
ing
a magnetic switch on the window
frame above
the A/C, and its magnet
on
the top of the A/C's frame. Use
Barge
adhesive or double
-sided
foam
tape to secure the magnet
to the air
conditioner's frame.
Every splice should be soldered for
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