Household Fire Warning Equipment; Ul 365 - Police Station Connected Burglar Alarm Units And Systems - Bosch B5512 Reference Manual

Control Panel
Local Burglary (Mercantile)
Holdup
Residential Fire
Table 18.3: Minimum standby and alarm times
Type
Household Burglary and
Commercial Burglary
Bank Safe and Vault
Table 18.4: Standby battery requirements
Notice!
Because of changing regulations, verify the necessary time with your local authority having
jurisdiction (AHJ).
18.4.1

Household Fire Warning equipment

The Household Fire Warning Equipment Standard requires 24 hours of standby current plus 4
minutes of alarm operation at the end of the 24-hour period. Use battery Ah calculations to
confirm compliance. The formula shown below includes the calculation for 4 minutes of alarm
operation at the end of the 24-hour period, and a 15% contingency factor that allows for
depletion of battery capacity with age.
Total B Hours
1
( ________ x 24 )
Refer to previous table.
1
Value = Minutes of alarm operation/60
2
Total Ah requirements must not exceed the Ah capacity of batteries:
3
– One D126 Battery = 7 Ah
– Two D126 Batteries = 14 Ah
– One D1218 Battery = 17.2 or 18 Ah
Table 18.5: Household fire ampere-hour (Ah) calculation formula
18.5 UL 365 - Police Station Connected Burglar Alarm Units and
Systems
In a mercantile burglar alarm system, a mercantile alarm sounding device located within a
building but outside the protected area is acceptable provided it is rated for outside service
and alarm conditions are transmitted to:
–
or
–
Bosch Security Systems, Inc.
Required capacity
4 h
72 h (UL 365). Auxiliary power current for all devices, including
keypads, must be limited to 80 mA or less to meet this
requirement.
Total C
1
+ ( ________ x
The dispatch location of the law enforcement agency having jurisdiction over the
protected property
A central station or residential monitoring station complying with the Standard for
Central-Station Alarm Services, UL 827.
Installation and System Reference Guide
24
8
24
Alarm Operation
2
0.083) +
Approved applications | en
30 (CUL)/15 (UL)
N/A
5 (CUL)/4 (UL)
Calculations
Contingency Total Ah
15% = _________
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