Pool and door alarms

[Jerry — MacSolutions]

Hi Chuck,

I have the fence portion completed with self-closing gates etc.   It’s more of the sensors IN the house that I’m curious about.

I found these conditions that need to be met for UL 2017 compliance.  …Which I think that I can accomplish with high-placed magnetic sensors and XTension:

1) The alarm sound must last for 30 seconds or more and must trigger within seven seconds of the door / window opening

2) The alarm must be at minimum 85 dB from ten feet away

3) The alarm sound must be distinctly different from other alarms in the home such as smoke detectors

4) The alarm must automatically reset in all conditions

5) Any deactivation switch to allow adults to pass through the door should be mounted at minimum 54" above the ground

I just wonder is a inspector isn’t going to like that I’m not using “usual” pool sensors and the sound is coming out of speakers instead of the device on he door itself.

—Jerry

> On Aug 16, 2021, at 2:25 PM, Chuck <xtension4osx at mac.com> wrote:
> 
> Most pool codes that I know require a 3 foot gate that automatically closes and latches. So it has to have a spring on it that will close it if somebody opens it.
> 
> Inspectors don’t care if you have sensors on the gate. As long as the gate automatically closes after somebody opens it and latches that’s the end of their involvement.
> 
> And if for some weird reason you get an inspector that is a control freak just wait until it passes inspection and then put a sensor on it.
> 
> As for a sensor, any sensor that we use in Xtension would work, but the big problem is keeping it out of the weather. I have not found any weather resistant sensors in Z wave or X 10 that I would consider reliable.
> 
> Chuck

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