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Dominick G Kasmauskas

U.S.
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  • Knowledgeability 10.0
  • Clarity of Response 10.0
  • Timeliness 10.0
  • Politeness 10.0
  • Total Questions 20
 Can assist ONLY with water-based fire protection, specifically fire sprinklers. Legislative issues, education, home fire sprinklers, where to find resources, and promoting fire sprinklers as "Green". Mostly NFPA 13, 13R, 13D, 14, 20, 24, 25, 101 and model building, residential, and fire codes.

John E. Pecore Power Quality Engineer

U.S.
Available
  • Knowledgeability 9.73
  • Clarity of Response 9.44
  • Timeliness 9.80
  • Politeness 9.86
  • Total Questions 157
 Power Quality and Lightning protection for Burgs, Fire, CCTV, and Gate access systems. I also want to hear about Back up Generator issues effecting your electronic equipment. I know all 24 manufactures of fire alarm panels. If you ask me I will tell you who I think is the best, and who is the worst. A lot has changed in 30 years, and many consumers have no idea what they are buying, and what they should expect for reliability for their systems. The question is, why are you paying for so many repairs? In the South, re-occurring revenue is extremely important. Do you fall in that category?

Fred P. Wessells

U.S.
Available
  • Knowledgeability 9.86
  • Clarity of Response 9.97
  • Timeliness 10.0
  • Politeness 9.97
  • Total Questions 299
 I can provide advice regarding most aspects of home and personal security & safety, as well as just about anything related to computer security. Lighting to locks to windows and more. I DO NOT WANT QUESTIONS ON ALARM SYSTEMS, other than common smoke/carbon monoxide detectors. This is not my area of expertise. How to keep from needing an alarm system is more in my area!

Dave Neuweiler

U.S.
Maxed Out
  • Knowledgeability 9.93
  • Clarity of Response 9.94
  • Timeliness 9.94
  • Politeness 10.0
  • Total Questions 1383
 The design and application of burglary and fire systems for homes and businesses. Helping alarm owners understand how their system works. Helping to troubleshoot false alarm problems. Questions about monitoring issues.

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2009-11-19 old 60s smoke alarm or detctor:

I presume that it's a hardwired detector system wired somewhere into your circuit box. You really need to find out what circuit the detectors/alarms are on and turn the circuit off. If nothing else, simple

2009-11-19 FBI XL-2 and no dial tone:

Thanks Ady... Here's a link with some photos of the jack you're lookng for... just in case you overlooked it: http://www.hometech.com/learn/rj31x.html If you definitly can't find the jack, disconnecting

2009-11-18 FBI XL-2 and no dial tone:

Hello Ady, and thanks for your question... and thanks for sending the photo. The phone line connection in the panel seems to be intact (that's terminals 17-20 on the bottom barrier strip. I'm not sure

2009-11-18 window contacts for alarms:

Hello Oliver, and thanks for writing. There are several types of contacts that are used to protect windows. From your description, I think you had recessed contacts in the old windows. These may not

2009-11-17 Help, stop the chirping!:

Hello Sherri, and thnaks for writing. The model number you gave is for the keypad, which can be used on a number of different controls. I'm guessing at the type and giving you this link to a user's

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