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Last week, in the middle of the night, a thunderstorm caused the power to flicker and the Elk M1G alarm to sound. Both the ElkM1XSP and Aprilaire 8811 seemed to get fried. There are no entries in the M1 log. The Elk is connected to surge protector, and from what I understand, is powered from...

I am having trouble getting smokes to all alarm when one smoke triggers and hope that someone can help. Configuraiton: Smokes home run to M1, with power supervisor relay connected, and shows 7.3 volts, and will trigger alarm. Next, I connected up the 405-03 to output 3 on the M1, rule to turn...

I've got all my wire pulled for security cameras (Coax/power siamese and cat 5e), but what's the best way to terminate at the camera postion? Most of the cameras will be under the soffit so is it best to just drill a hole for the wires and then attach the camera mount? Is a single gang box a...

Hello all, Tomorrow I start drilling holes in new construction for future power shades (way, way future!) Where is the best place to run the 18/4 wire? Above and parallel to the top plate so that it can be pulled from the left or right side? Only one side? Drill into the window casing? Does...

Here are some pictures as the Low Voltage (LV) wiring will probably start in about 4 weeks. It's 11,000 ft home with a courtyard in the middle, which makes it challenging. Since do this is SO overwhelming, I am doing step at a time. So far: Centralized wiring with Clipsal 11 miles of cable...

I'm about to wire new construction and want to have a nice way to terminate the station wire (22/4) and LV power wire (18/4) so that they can be modified in the future. What's the best way to do this? Barrier strips such as http://www.skycraftsurplus.com/index.asp?P...&ProdID=777 or 110 blocks...

I have a set of double doors that I would like to put a door strike on, but don't (can't) run wiring through one of the doors. I was thinking of using a solenoid to move a pin at the top of each door up and down. Does anybody know what this might be called? Or have any links? (Eyes getting...

I'm looking for TONS of LV cable for new construction and was wonder how to best purcase it. 1. Lump sum with a cable distributor or 2. Purchase separately over the internet Comments welcomed! List is as follows: Application Wire Type # of 1000' spools Speaker...

Hi guys. New construction going on and I want to be sure to run the wire correctly to places for touchscreens or touchpanels. I should just homerun cat6 and power to the locations (20', 30', 50' and 70'). Touchscreens will use VGA adapters to cat6, while touchpanels are a PC and would use the...

Hi all, I've got a new construction, 105 load system narrowed down to Lutron, LiteTouch and CBus. It seems to me that Lutron is the biggest and works well with AMX, Litetouch has the most commercial installs so should be the most stable, and CBus has the nicest switches but is "thin" in the...

Hi all, I'm looking for whole house automation and am trying to avoid seperate touchscreens for each system (security, lights, audio, etc.). Right now leaning towards ELK M1 for security, C-Bus for centralized lighting, CQC for control software and running sound through sound cards. It's a big...

New construction of an 11,000 sq. ft. house and I'm trying to decide if centralized lighting is the way to go or to use something like Insteon. What are the advantages of a centralized system over a UPB, Insteon or Zwave system? Thanks in advance to all who post. Don