Re: Help identifuing a wire

["Frank Olson" <feolson@xxxxxxxxxx>]

"JOhn" <barnesj@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:rk6Me.26376$vj.18043@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Ive seen my share of poorly done prewires, but this one really has me
> scratching my head. The PIR's are wired at 6ft.

You can adjust the PIR's "view" to compensate for the lower height.  If
furniture's going to be a problem though, then you're going to have to
extend the wire and fish it up to the correct location.  I'm under the
impression that it's a new house so patching and painting shouldn't be a
major problem.

> The doors are drilled through  the casing, not the jamb, so a standard
> flush mount 3/8 contact isnt an option.

Try removing the trim around the door (on the interior wall).  Usually you
have a gap between  the top of the door and the header that's anywhere
between1/2" and 1" filled with insulation that's simply "stuffed in"
(although sometimes they use that expanding foam stuff).  Chances are you
can drill your hole in the proper location in the jamb and re-route the wire
through it.  Use the "shorty" 3/8" contacts.  I like the GRI's with
terminals (not pig tails).

> The keypads are wired to the same hieght as the swiches (not above)

That's not a huge "biggie"...


>
>
> all that aside....
> This is a pic of the inside of the mstr bdr walk-in closet, above the
> door.
> http://www.members.shaw.ca/barnesj/
> The cat5 dangling out of the wall runs to the alarm panel location.  Any
> idea what device it may have been intended for?

Dunno.  Where's the other end terminate??


>
> ... And whats the 120v duplex outlet for?

Power for the system (i.e. plug-in "wall wart")??  I think the *big clue* is
what looks like a length of 18-2 AWG pokin' out of the wall right under the
outlet.

> In the old days they used to put an outlet centred, above a high traffic
> door for a clock.

That's it!!!  Sell 'em one of those big fifteen inch school clocks...


>
> Also, wondering if the exposed terminals on the t-stat transformer are a
> violation of code. (this is B.C. Canada)

Nope.