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**Keystone** · 31-07-10, 09:26 PM

Originally Posted by sPuDd

Also allowing a small loop of cable at each connection for testing etc. Often a cable that gets connected and disconnected several times will have to be stripped back as the copper wears out. Feel a rant coming on......

+1
I hate swapping out wall mounted detectors with no slack for a new detector with a bracket. Annoying but you get used to it.

**Privatteer** · 31-07-10, 10:10 PM

Originally Posted by Sickpuppy

One of mine pretty happy with

Beyond the fact I prefer to try and keep the expansion card areas clear that's the type of work I like.
Neat but still can trace wiring. Couple I've seen posted could spend ages just trying to find the positive feed for a zone etc.

Though the expander had me scratching my head as to why there, surely not just for the relay card?

**redozqld** · 03-08-10, 09:29 PM

Originally Posted by Keystone

Nice work.
Why don't you guys twist the battery leads as well ?

Just an extra touch.

I dont Normally, I just put a knot in the end so you know which pair is the battery for that particular port (eg tecom 4 doors with 2 batteries)

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**redozqld** · 03-08-10, 09:35 PM

Originally Posted by downunderdan

Battery lead's too long. Think of all the voltage you're wasting!

Seriously, good job and I commend you for affixing a label to the battery. Can I suggest you consider prefixing that with "Installed on:" or similar. It sounds trivial, however there are some people who write a nominal expiry date instead and there's the possibility of confusion.

It annoys me when people can't even be bothered writing a lousy date on a strip of white electrical tape.

I actually walk around with the following tools in my shirt pocket and pants pocket at all times :-

1 x Set of Electrical Linesman Pliers
1 x Phillips Large
1 x Flat Large

1 x Flat Small
1 x Flat Minature
1 x Flat Terminal
1 x Phillips Small

1 x Black Pen
1 x Small 110 Punch Down Tool ($3 special)

1 x Hobby Knife for cable Stripping

1 x Needle Nose
1 x Cutters Small

1 x Black Nikko (For Cable Marking) Fine Point
1 x White Nikko (For Batteries

)

1 x Roll of Electrical Tape
1 x 12 Terminal Strip

And thats before I start work, with all of this I can do just about all I need is a meter and a soldering Iron and I can be supa tech

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**redozqld** · 03-08-10, 09:49 PM

Originally Posted by intelliGEORGE

I thought putting a resistor across the terminals was the norm for repairing cable faults.

So you work for Ch*bb do you?

The guys did a job today for a pub, 20 Zones, 4 worked, rest looped out...

And they are complaining about paying 7.70 per week for monitoring, and 800 to repair the faults. where they where getting there faults fixed for nothing, and 10 per month for monitoring....

ffs...

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**redozqld** · 03-08-10, 09:53 PM

Originally Posted by Tastech

Thats what o0ne of the multinationals was doing here to stop false alarms the large school client was so impressed they had stopped the false alarms till 3yrs later when we took over and showed them all the resistored out sensors

Just programmed up a 10 door site for the install guys here at the office, was on site doing the commissioning, found that the local guys had seriesied a lot of sensors together, rather than doing it correctly, they simply have taken the tamper out of the process group, so at night it will create alarms, but if both sensors trigger the tamper wont go through, and the alarm wont either..

Meh... and people rag on me for doing 3 wire return loops to get a clients alarm up and working for the night, and then returning the next day/next chance to get it re-run...

So very very tired....

**intelliGEORGE** · 03-08-10, 10:00 PM

Originally Posted by redozqld

So you work for Ch*bb do you?

No mate. Just a bit of sarcasm to stir the pot a little

**rotor138** · 04-08-10, 11:49 AM

Originally Posted by intelliGEORGE

No mate. Just a bit of sarcasm to stir the pot a little

Know of one particular C service tech here in Adelaide who goes in and makes any zone that is false alarming a type 10. Clients think he's wonderful because their alarm no longer false alarms. Luckily he's nearing retirement age!!

**downunderdan** · 04-08-10, 03:30 PM

Geez!

That's the alarm equivalent of your vet putting your dog to sleep and then saying he fixed his barking problem.

Unbelievable.

**Drift** · 04-08-10, 03:34 PM

Similar practices across the board from the big 3.

**bss904** · 04-08-10, 08:33 PM

should be in their mission statement. "If in doubt, we loop it out"

**intelliGEORGE** · 26-04-11, 10:53 PM

Cleaning out the mobile phone galleries to move over to a new phone and found some of my handy work. Enjoy.

**Wade** · 27-04-11, 12:17 AM

Originally Posted by intelliGEORGE

some of my handy work.

Wow, just enough wall space.. Lots of 4DC's?

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**intelliGEORGE** · 27-04-11, 12:49 AM

Originally Posted by Wade

Wow, just enough wall space.. Lots of 4DC's?

Tell me about it. Had to throw the last controller in on the bottom left, looks shite but that was the only real estate we had in the place.

**keef82** · 30-04-11, 02:24 PM

Originally Posted by SCT

Reliance panel not too long ago (12 months).

Looks good man :

hate to be the service tech checking this bitch though!!
lol!

Why piezo right next to panel?

**pjjp123** · 30-04-11, 05:51 PM

**Wade** · 30-04-11, 10:46 PM

Twisting the power wires can make fault finding a pain in the arse.. I ain't down with that.

**bob_m_54** · 01-05-11, 01:11 PM

OK, this is a little off topic seeing as it's security alarms, but I'm posting it as it is in the "neat wiring" category. This is a relay panel from an aeroplane that we used to modify by rewiring different relays and removing and installing new relay connections. Talk about lack of space for working though.

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