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Can a 4-wire system consisting of multiple System Sensor 4WTA-B smokes (all daisy chained on the same zone) be "expanded" by adding Elk 2-way wireless smokes (ELK-6052)? I'm thinking rules will need to be set up to cause all smokes (wired and wireless) to sound when one smoke trips, similar to...

Just received the ELK Products News and Highlights for January email and it has promo prices for a couple of items I'm interested in. However, none of the approved online retailers show the promo prices. How/where can I buy the items at the promo prices?

I'm curious what other M1G owners do when they have used up all their miscellaneous voice messages (i.e., vm239 thru vm248) and custom recorded messages, and they want to add a message that doesn't correspond to any of the "non-miscellaneous" messages. Do you choose an existing non-misc message...

Looks like my HA/security/etc. solution will need a raspberry pi. HA will be done by a Hubitat hub (mostly using z-wave devices). Security will be handled by an Elk M1 integrated with Hubitat. Apple Home/Homekit will front end everything and provide the UI for iPhones and iPads. Hubitat will be...

I'm roughing in the smoke detectors on a new build. This house is outside the city limits, and the county does not do inspections. There are three bedrooms, none of which share a hallway, i.e., two are on opposite sides of the first floor and the third is upstairs. Each bedroom will have a...

I plan on using a Function Devices RIBU2S2 relay as part of this project . The wires provided by the relay are 18ga. On the "line in" side, they will be connected to 12ga romex wires from a circuit on a 20A circuit breaker. The "load" side will go to a couple of Halo HLB6 LED wafer recessed...

I'm using several 0-10V dimmable LED floodlights at our new home (still under construction). In addition to the 120Vac wires, these lights have "0-10Vdc control wires" between the dimmer switch and the light to control the brightness. I plan on using the appropriate dimmer switches for them...

I'm guessing the answers vary depending on location, but does the Elk M1G, when used with the appropriate 2-wire or 4-wire smoke detectors, fit the definition of "hardwired smoke detectors"? Also, might as well ask... what about an Elk M1G with only Elk 2-way wireless smoke detectors? I don't...

This is for a home [still] under construction. It's time to do the rough-in wiring for smoke detectors, so I'm trying to determine locations for smoke detectors. I understand the general rules, i.e., every sleeping area, hallways outside sleeping areas, three feet from HVAC supplies and return...

I want to put the 433 mhz transmitter shown below in a small plastic box. It's pretty small. The board is .75" x .75", and the leads extend out about 3/16". There are lots of small project boxes on Amazon, What I haven't found is a connector I can use to attach wires to the leads. I will need a...

Just found out I'm a "victim" of Xfinity's data usage limit, although it's my first time so I shouldn't get charged. We consistently use 250-300 GB each month on a plan that has a 1.2TB limit. Three weeks into February and their stats show we've used 1.126 TB so far this month. Nothing has...

Having a really hard time finding a security camera mount/adapter that will allow a camera to be mounted to a standard junction box. Essentially what I want to do is mount the camera similar to the way outdoor security lights are mounted to recessed junction boxes. The only thing that should be...

My home's two "side walls" are gable ends. I want to put a security camera and security/flood light on each of the gable ends, but I haven't found guidance about how the cameras should be located with respect to the flood lights. I plan to mount both in an area about 12' - 15' above ground...

I have two IP POE cameras (10.x.x.62 and 10.x.x.63). My Window's 10 laptop's wired LAN connection is 10.x.x.82. I also have a Windows 10 desktop PC at 10.x.x.37. The gateway for all of them is 10.x.x.1 (my Xfinity cable modem/router). All four devices are connected to a POE switch, and the POE...

My home (under construction) will be getting spray foam insulation in a month or so. I want to run some smurf tube conduit in a few exterior walls before the house is insulated. All the low voltage "boxes" I've seen that accept smurf tube adapters are open on the back and sides. My guess is I...

Elk M1G control. Attached garage is about 40' wide, then up a half-flight of stairs to get into the house, then about six feet to get to the KP2 keypad. I have a couple of M1KPB's that are not being used in the home, so I was thinking about putting them in the garage. Maybe one at the farthest...

There's a long thread (345 posts) from 2013 on LED bulb options, with quite a bit of discussion about LED inrush current and the affect it can have on switches and dimmers. Just wondering what reality has shown over the last nine years, and whether or not I should be concerned about LED usage at...

I don't trust myself on this, so help is appreciated. This is related to my post about using LED strip lights in my home's crawlspace... LED strip light (24Vdc) uses 5w/ft. To keep it simple, assume a 100' total wiring distance, with 10 one foot LED strips spaced 10 feet apart (so 10 LED strip...

First time I've looked into this stuff. I was surprised by the price range. For a single 12' 500lb swing gate... Mighty Mule, Ghost, etc., sub-$800. LiftMaster, Viking, etc. $2000+. Maybe it's "you get what you pay for", but I don't know if I need what you get for $2000. I haven't bought the...

Home has a crawlspace that is about 100' x 40'. Bottom of floor joists are 3' above concrete crawlspace floor (foundation). Crawl space is "closed", i.e., it doesn't have any vents to the outside, the exterior walls of it are insulated, and it has a dedicated dehumidifier. In other words, it is...