Re: Question about Brinks

["Robert L. Bass" <robertlbass@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> To prevent tampering? There are terminals
> on the jack for that. Inside the panel renders
> the jack USELESS. Why bother?

If you expose the jack it's more likely someone will tamper with it.
Tampering the cable doesn't protect against lifting the cover and moving the
wires -- thereby defeating the connection without detection.  If you do this
for a living for a few years you'll understand why you need to do things
differently, Mikey.

> Just hardwire to the terminals.

That's a violation of tarriffs.  It's also a good way to prevent the client
from calling 911 if the panel happens to fail during a true emergency.  I
know of a case where that happened.  Never wire a panel to the phone line
without an RJ31X jack.  The client *must* have a means to disconnect the
panel from the line.

> That way, if the panel runs away or otherwise seizes the line, the user
> will
> have no way to get his line back. If he unplugs an ACCESSIBLE JACK, he can
> use the damn phone! The jack must be accessible to the homeowner and
> everyone in the home should know about it and what it does.

It is accessible if you give the homeowner a key to the panel.  Of course,
if you're one of those characters who believes it's a sin to allow your
vict... er, clients to access the panel, I understand what you're up to.

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Regards,
Robert L Bass

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