Best heat detector for attic with Qolsys IQ4

[ffumarola]

I bought some PG9936’s and realized their operating temp is way too low for an attic in the North East. Need something with long range given distance to the panel.

Thanks!

[vidail16 (Vidail)]

You could use a PG9945 sensor and use the terminals to hardwire a System Sensor Heat Detector 196 degree which is more than the 135 degree that is with the PG9936

You will need a short piece of wire to connect between the heat detector and the PG9945 sensor. The sensor will need to be learned in as normally open and as a fire zone.

[ffumarola]

Are there instructions on how to wire the heat detector to the window/door sensor to make that work?

[vidail16 (Vidail)]

There aren’t any instructions yet but it’s not that difficult. The pictures below show the terminals on both the PG9945 and the System Sensor Heat. You’ll just need a short piece of wire 18/2 wire recommended but you could use 22/2 wire.

[ryan.boder (Ryan)]

A new How To for reference:

How To Monitor Fire in Garages & Attics

The Garage & Attic Fire Alarm Monitoring Problem Security alarm owners often want to monitor for fires in the garage or attic. Garages are a risky due electrical malfunctions, flammable liquids, and appliances. Recently, people are also concerned about fires from electric vehicles. Attics are risky for large-loss fires due to electrical malfunctions, use as storage space. The fact that you’re usually not in the attic means a fire is less likely to be noticed until it’s too late. The problem i…

[DiamondDog]

Is it correct to assume that this is low voltage so red and black don’t matter? In other words if I used the red terminal in the picture and out the wire in the black terminal in the transmitter , it wouldn’t matter?

[vidail16 (Vidail)]

That is correct. As long as it is able to see the resistor at the end of line, the color’s don’t matter in this case.