Re: Question about how alarm triggers work

["Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Its cheap wire, probably 2 conductor. I've seen cheap builder prewires that
the wire was so cheap that you could strip the jacket off with just your
fingernails.


"BIOSMonkey" <none@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| On Thu, 15 Dec 2005 18:37:27 GMT, Frank Olson
| <Use_the_email_links@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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| >BIOSMonkey wrote:
| >> My home is prewired for a security system and it appears that there are
single
| >> wires going to each window/door.  I am confused, though, how a single
wire can
| >> detect the state of a trigger on the end when there is no common
ground?
| >>
| >
| >
| >Your home was actually prewired for self-destruction.  Pull the wire and
| >run.  <kidding>
| >
| >Chances are what you're looking at is jacketed four conductor 22 gauge
| >wire.  You'll have to pull it down to verify it, but (dollars to donuts)
| >that's what you've got.
|
| Thanks, you're probably right.  I'll check it when I get home but it was
so thin
| that glancing at it I didn't think it would have multiple conductors.
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