Re: Keeping up with Cables in new installation

["Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yah but with wire tags even if they spray paint on them you can just unravel
a bit of it to see the number.
Lost? If my guys lose the wirelist they don't get paid for that job...simple
incentive.


<robertlbass@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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|> Except when they spray drywall mud all over...you gotta cover it with
plastic bag if you write on the wires.
|
| True.  Of course, that's also true of other wire-marking methods.  What
| I like about my method compared to a wirelist is there's nothing to
| lose.  If the wirelist is somehow misplaced it can be a royal pain
| toning out the system.
|
| Many years ago when panels were only a few zones I used punchblocks to
| splice the cables.  I'd write up a legend and tape it to the inside of
| the metal cover.  The legend identified every position on the
| 110-block.  A mag contact served as a tamper sensor on the inside of
| the cover.  I used wirelists a few times until one of my techs started
| labeling the wires with a Sharpie.  From then on that was the method we
| used.
|
| Regards,
| Robert L Bass
| www.BassBurglarAlarms.com
|
|