Qolsys IQ Panel 4: Built in Siren dB Rating
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In this video, Dylan from Alarm Grid discusses the Qolsys IQ Panel 4's built-in siren dB rating. The panel has four (4) speakers that, together produce an 85 dB alarm sound for burglary, fire, carbon monoxide and any other type of audible alarm. For silent alarms, such as some panics, there is no alarm sound.
A sound at an 85 dB measurement is about as loud as a semi-truck traveling 40 MPH heard at a distance of 50' (15m). It's loud enough to startle and deter a burglar, but it is not loud enough to damage hearing, as long as exposure is not for too long or too often. For louder options, there are a number of options available.
The Qolsys IQ Siren is a Z-Wave siren that plugs into a standard outlet. It has its own backup battery that charges when AC is present, but if AC power is lost, then the battery can power the siren. It has a rating of 105 dB. Because the decibel scale is logarithmic, each 10 dB increase in sound is ten times as loud as the previous rating. So 95 dB is ten times as loud as 85 dB and 105 dB is 100 times as loud as 85 dB (10 x 10).
If you plan to add a wired-to-wireless converter module you may have additional options for adding wired sirens. The DSC PowerG wired to wireless converter modules support a siren and provide up to 700 mA of current. In this video, we show you a blue strobe light that has been activated by a DSC PG9WLSHW8 converter module that is programmed with the IQ Panel 4.
If 700 mA of current isn't sufficient, then a relay and a power supply can be added. Likewise, the Qolsys Hardwire 16-F can also add support for a wired siren, though it provides only 500 mA of current. But again, if that is insufficient, a relay and a power supply can be added.
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[AUDIO LOGO] Hey DIYers, Dylan here with AlarmGrid. Today, we're going to review the IQ panel 4 and how loud the internal siren is. So the IQ panel 4 has about four speakers located at the bottom here, and it has an internal siren that is about 85 decibels, that's equivalent to a food blender or a propeller plane about thousand feet up. It's plenty loud to deter any criminals or intruders from entering the premises, and it is quite loud and quite disturbing. So we will play this in the video. If you are wearing headphones, you might want to turn the volume down once we get to that part. And let's go ahead and test this out. So we have the IQ panel 4 here. And now, to trigger the siren, what I'm going to do is I'm simply just going to trigger a panic option. So we have the panic options in the bottom right-hand corner here. This will give us police, fire, and auxiliary. This is going to sound for any of these as long as you do not press the silent alarm options. So I'm going to go ahead and press the police option here. And again, for headphone users, you might want to turn the volume down as this is going to be quite loud. [ALARM SOUND] So we're going to go ahead and disarm. [ALARM SOUND] So that was the internal siren for the IQ panel 4. Quite loud. But you do also have other options if you wanted sirens in different locations of the home or just louder decibels. One of the easiest options to hook up is the IQ siren that has a decibel rating of about 105. So again, the internal siren here is 85. So if you add that Z-wave siren, it's a simple plug-in module, that's going to be 105. You can also hook up external wired sirens. You're going to need a wired-to-wireless converter, such as the PG9 WLSHWH, which is the power G converter. Or if you have the three 19.5mhz version of this system, you can hook up the hardwire 16 F device. So both of those will allow wired sirens to be hooked up and, again, give you more sirens across the home, across the location. We're going to have another video reviewing how to hook those up. So be sure to stay tuned for that. So that was the siren. Hopefully, it wasn't as loud in the video as it was for me. So whenever your system sets off the alarm, be it either by the panic option that we tested or just by a regular intrusion zone or a life safety device triggering the actual alarm, that siren is going to sound and deter off any intruders. If you did like the video, please like the video, subscribe to our channel, and hit the bell icon to be notified about any future videos we release. If you have any questions for us, we have a few ways to get in contact. We have a phone number. The phone number is 888-818-7728. We have our online chat, which is on our website, www.alarmgrid.com. And we have a support email as well. The email address is support@alarmgrid.com. Again, my name is Dylan, and thank you for watching.
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