Damper Help

[artax78]

Well my experience with dampers is very limited... being said I am installing a 120V Smoke Head in an elevator shaft (not tied in to a buiding fire alarm system) The smoke head has multiple sets of contacts, the idea being when the smoke alarm goes off... the damper in the shaft closes.

The smoke head I recieved of course came with no wiring diagram, just sets of leads. There are 2 black leads, 2 white leads (ac power in and out) 2 violet leads, 2 violet with black stripe, 2 red, 1 blue, 1 orange.

The damper itself has a black and white lead for the motor, and then it has 2 grey and 2 purple wires.

I applied voltage to the smokehead and then put it in the test position to see which leads would then have output voltage... none did. Well I hope I gave sufficient information and any help is greatly appreciated.

 

[benaround]

The smoke head is equiped with 'dry contacts' , you will have to figure out the set of

wires with a com. , n.o. , and n.c. and run the power for the damper thru them.

 

[nakulak]

does it have a manufacturer's name on it ?

here's a link to a nailor, but the wire colors don't match up with what you have. http://www.nailor.com/IOM_Manual/air_control/_pdf/WIOMFSD-A_MLS4.pdf

 

[MichaelGP3]

If it was me in this situation....

If it was me in this situation....

I would look at the details section of the approved set of fire alarm drawings you received back from the city's building/electrical department when you obtained the permit. I am surprised that you are not being required to use a smoke detector that is connected to the building's fire alarm system, nor did you mention how or whether elevator recall is involved. Just curious...... how is the power for your stand-alone smoke going to be supervised? In an area as inaccessible as an elevator shaft, its going to be mighty difficult to put an eye to your smoke to see that the green LED is lit. Don't worry if you don't know off the top of your head. The power monitoring is probably also covered in the details section of, you know, the approved set of fire alarm drawings.

Will you be installing a new or a used smoke detector? I hope you don't mind me asking, but for me, having a smoke detector and no instruction sheet is, well, kinda weird.

 

[iwire]

I would look at the details section of the approved set of fire alarm drawings you received back from the city's building/electrical department when you obtained the permit.

You do understand each area is different and many areas may not require what your area requires.

I do have to agree with you that a smoke without any directions is odd at best.

 

[e57]

You do understand each area is different and many areas may not require what your area requires.

I do have to agree with you that a smoke without any directions is odd at best.

I seem to rarely get the directions with the device - for that matter too many things these days, and have come adept at locating them on-line.