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The difference with alarms, PIRs etc. is the connections are nearly
always screw terminals, rather than punchdown. If you try to tighten a
screw onto a solid conductor coiled around the terminal you'll risk
breaking the core and getting an unreliable connection.

> Just run solid Cat5e everywhere - very cheap - very reliable.

"Very reliable" . . . except in screw-down terminals

> You can use it for your CBUS if you wish rather than the pink
> stuff they sell.

Pass, don't have CBus, but someone else also made the identification
comment.

> Chris

HTH,

Tim H.

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