Re: cleaner wiring solution needed

[Crash Gordon® <NONE@xxxxxxxx>]

Yah that's kinda how I feel too.
But dang, what if all I knew was addressable systems ? :-)





"R.H.Campbell" <rh.campbell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message =
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> Since you're asking for comments, I'll just say that would be the =
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> thing to do. If you're being paid outright for the prewire, then =
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> get the follow on alarm system should not really be part of the =
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> Nor should you do anything in the prewire procedure that would limit =
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> companys abilities to come in to bid. If you prewired in such a way =
that you=20
> limit the type of alarm system that must be put in, then I'd also say =
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> is not giving the builder client what he is paying for. Nor for that =
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> the end user homeowner....
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> You asked...my 2 cents...
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> RHC
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> "Crash Gordon=AE" <NONE@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message=20
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> Addressable systems..brings up a point I've wrestled with on and off =
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> years.
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> Should I prewire for addressable systems to keep the inexperienced=20
> down&dirty trunk slammers from lowballing trim outs on my prewires?
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> Anybody?
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> "Frank Olson" <feolson@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message=20
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> > "Crash Gordon=AE" <NONE@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > Yah...Westec did that here too...man their wire costs musta been =
high.
> >
> >
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> > Westec Edmonton was a darn good outfit.  Mostly high end, high =
visibility
> > residential.  I recall one of their sales guys getting really upset =
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> > the
> > company I was working for there.  We'd switched to Ademco products =
when=20
> > ADI
> > opened their branch in Edmonton and started installing Vista 40's =
almost
> > exclusively.  We'd home-run everything in an area of one of these=20
> > "monster"
> > houses (front upper, back upper, front lower, and back lower) to =
expanders
> > in a convenient closet.  When Westec took over one of our pre-wires, =
well,
> > golly gosh darn, the only points that were home run to the actual =
control
> > unit were in the basement (+ the keypads).  "What?" I asked.  "You =
mean
> > you've never heard of an addressable system??"
> >
> > The Edmonton franchise holders sold the whole kit and kaboodle to =
ADT in
> > around 1986/87.  They walked away with a really nice "pile" of =
change...
> > That's when more than just the name went into the toilet.  ADT was =
selling
> > the $395 systems then and their residential service sucked.  They =
couldn't
> > obtain parts for the Westec panels from California and the customers =
with
> > these systems wound up bailing on them big time.
> >
> >
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