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Re: Door Bell Install Via Homerun Closet



"Petem" wrote:
>
> lets say he twist 4 wire for one conductor and the same
> for another conductor, thats all right.. but with time at
> some jonction 3 out of 4 wire come loose and only 1 is
> left for the whole job...

That is utter nonsense.  Once terminated at the device none of the conductors
will slip out of a bundle like that.

> good thing he have some fire insurance... bad thing he
> didn't do his wiring ok, they wont pay...

That is also nonsense.  Insurance policies are not nullified because a
homeowner makes a wiring mistake.  That's a fiction told by some
"professional" technicians in hopes of deterring people from doing their own
work.

> if there is a minimum gauge writen somewhere in the
> electrical book of his state or province, he should follow
> it, thats it...

In the US it's almost invariably 16-gauge.

> usingm multi wire to provide a large enough gauge is not
> something ok in any of the books  i've read..

It's fairly common practice among low voltage installers though it's not the
"preferred" technique.

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Regards,
Robert L Bass

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