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Re: Re: New Comfort has arrived - no paperwork/manuals? now Wiring help required!



One does wonder how they can sell the comfort at such high prices after
seeing the insides of one!
----- Original Message -----
From: <steve.cooper@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 11:39 AM
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Re: New Comfort has arrived - no paperwork/manuals?
now Wiring help required!


>
> >> Can anyone give me some advice on neatly wiring comfort? I have used
> >. 8 core screened cables throughout the installation and there will be
> >> 16 zone cables entering the case.
>
> I wired mine via the access holes top and bottom.
>
> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/cooperhouse/fr_ha21.htm
>
> Not the neatest of wiring jobs, (note to self get some more cable ties)
>
> >> Should the outer protective sheath on the cable be stripped back to
> >> where the cables enter the top of the Comfort case?
>
> The protective sheath needs to be connected to the casing using one anchor
> bolts provided.  I have stripped the sleeving back to edge of the case and
> connected the sheath there.
>
> >> For some of the cables I will only be using 4 of the 8 cores, how
> >> should I manage the spare 4 cores within the CPU units so that they
> >> can be connected at a later time?
>
> Personally I just chopped them off but left enough wire down in the
> floor/ceiling to make sure if I need the extras I can take up the slack
and
> strip the wire back further.
>
> >> What about cablel labelling? - I have used the infamous colour coded
> >> insualtion tape system on the outer protective sheath of each cable -
> >> but this could be a bit awkward if the outer protective sheath is
> >> removed.
>
> Once the cables are connected into the cases I haven't worried about
> relabeling them, I can tell which is which by which zone they are linked
> to.
>
> >> Thanks for any advice!
>
> One thing worth doing up front is to wire the 12v and 0v terminals on the
> main panel up to some plastic connection block.  Say a 6 way block and
> common 3 for 12v and 3 for 0v, otherwise it gets a bit hard trying to get
> all the PIR power supply wires in the small terminals.  Well worth joining
> up to the comfort-technical yahoo group as well for lots of techy advice.
>
> S.
>
>
>
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