Pierre C Belarge
Senior Member
- Location
- Westchester County, New York
In reading the installation instructions for wireless smoke alarms, I came across this:
"Warning: This alarm cannot be operated on power derived from a square wave, modified square wave or modified sine wave inverter. These types of inverters are sometimes used to supply power to the structure in off grid installations, such as solar or wind derived power sources. These power sources porduce high peak voltages that will damage the alarm."
I am wondering how this relates to the installation of Photo Voltaic jobs that we are seeing installed today...each month, there are more and more of these installs and I wonder how it affects the existing wireless systems.
"Warning: This alarm cannot be operated on power derived from a square wave, modified square wave or modified sine wave inverter. These types of inverters are sometimes used to supply power to the structure in off grid installations, such as solar or wind derived power sources. These power sources porduce high peak voltages that will damage the alarm."
I am wondering how this relates to the installation of Photo Voltaic jobs that we are seeing installed today...each month, there are more and more of these installs and I wonder how it affects the existing wireless systems.