rbulsara, thank you for responding. the diagram was put together quickly to show only the information pertinent to the question. each leg of the circuit will be supervised and will comply with NFPA standards.
what we will be doing is running a 24VDC circuit from floor to floor in a high-rise...
Hey everyone,
I'm designing a fire alarm system in which i'll be using a parallel circuit with a few seperate legs. See attached.
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I prefer to do point-to-point voltage drop calculations with the following formula...
V - (R)(A)(W)
Where
V =...
Ah great. I did a quick search and found this site...
http://www.calright.com/ca_39.aspx
Nathan Scherneck, NICET II (fire alarm)
National Fire Protection
Honolulu, HI
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The...
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Hello,
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