Electronic Alarms and Home Security Devices - Siren output

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eggegg
09-14-05, 07:34 PM
I was wondering how many sirens you can hook up to a dsc power 832, it says 750ma and my sirens are a 30 watt and a 20 watt. what is the formula for figuring this out especially if i want to add another siren. the manual also says that it puts out 3amps short term? what does that mean? thought it was 750ma? please explain this for me, i mostly want the formula for figuring out the sirens thanx.

MrRonFL
09-14-05, 09:09 PM
Look at the labels on the siren units, they will list the current draw for each one. The 3 amp figure is the total system output including draw from aux. power, keypads, as well as sirens, for no more than a couple of minutes.

The 750ma figure should be just for the sustained output of the siren output.