[Cialug] OT: Alarm systems

[Matthew Nuzum]

On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 10:25 AM, Dave Weis <djweis at internetsolver.com> wrote:
> Hook your voltmeter between the red wire and the white wire and have someone
> hit the test button. You should see 120 VAC on the meter. If so, hook up a
> relay at the closest accessible point and you have contact closure when your
> house is on fire. :-)

This would not be good if you lived in one of those houses that have a
defective stove that causes food to sometimes, for no explicable
reason, produce smoke.

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