Re: Wiring doors in cold weather

[G. Morgan <alarmprosnail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Subject: Re: Wiring doors in cold weather
Newsgroup: alt.security.alarms
=> Frank Olson <=  wrote:

>
>How cold are we talkin' here??  In Edmonton (where I got my start in the
>trade), we were doing pre-wires and retro's in -30 degrees (celsius).
>You don't know "cold" until you've had to put your boxes of wire next to
>a propane heater (on a pre-wire) for about 30 minutes just so it would
>be pliable enough to pull *out* ouf the box (otherwise the insulation
>would be so stiff it wouldn't uncoil).  You learn to pull *from* the
>control *to* the point and you have to do it fast.


Not even in the freezin' range!  But understand this:  anything below 50 F , is
cold here! ;-0

I did some pre-wiring in the Northeast one year, I know what you mean about the
wire getting so stiff you cant even get it out of the box.  I despise frigid
weather, so I guess I'll take Jack up on his offer to move in w/ him!

Pulling from the control to the door is not much of an option, it is "do-able" I
suppose but since the wire goes into the attic instead of the basement it would
be a royal pain in the ass..







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-Graham

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