Yes Honeywell / Silent Knight have once again bent over small alarm dealers and fucked them hard .
The Silent Knight Conventional panels which are very popular have been discontinued
the work horse SK 5208 and SK 2 and 4 Silent Knight now has no conventional panels to offer.
the SK2 and 4 where same thing as Fire Lite MS 2 and 4 so that's an easy replacement but not the 5208
In fact to try and replace the panel is now 2 to 3 times the cost trying to use other manufacturers panels if you have more than 8 zones and use all the relays
Because the recommended replacement the inferior Fire lite MS10ud only does 10 zones and does not have all the replays needed
The SK 5208 was a direct replacement for the SK5207
and there are many of the 5207 still in the field will need replaced in next 10 years and Honeywell/ SK knows it and this is nothing more than a slap to small conventional panel users who have these panels in small business ,churches and apartment buildings . Who will now have to pay many thousands of dollars to either try and find another conventional panel or upgrade entire system to addressable6800 line which has been a disaster with constant failures and updates
Honeywell which recently became Resideo also bent over and fucked dealers by eliminating the entire Lynx wireless panel line.
The very economical L-300 lynx Plus and L-5210 and 7000 all gone
now you have to go with the more expensive Pro Line .
The L-3000 was a favorite for construction trailers and Kiosks well forget it all gone. I hear a lot of bad stuff about the new pro series
I have switched over to Potter and Mircom for Fire Systems like many other Honeywell Dealers and gone over to Napco for burglar systems/
I have had it with Honeywell and Resideo and will be using alot less of their products .
Honeywell has become a bad name in the alarm world.
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