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If a contact is bad can i just connect the...




By flhs1982 on Oct 15, 2009

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if a contact is bad can i just connect the two wires together at that point and will it act like the contact is working
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fogfreak
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That's how it works on most security systems, but some newer ones might use addressable sensors or something. It probably won't hurt anything if you connect them and see.
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