Building a FACP

[NewAgeServer]

Yeah, that schematic is a big mess. I’d suggest having a look at a schematic I drew a while back.

Basic Panel Schematic

Here is a schematic for my Alertek 5001-DC homemade panel. This is quite simple to build (and cheap too). It has resettable power for 4-wire smoke detectors, latching / self-resetting silence, and two NACs. It does not have supervisory, though. It’s meant as a “starter” panel for people that are new to alarms, have some electronics experience, and feel comfortable assembling a homemade panel. It’s also because FACPs on eBay are so expensive thanks to three people who shall remain nameless. Ev…

This is for that “5001-DC” panel that i put a video of on YouTube a while ago.