Re: Wiring doors in cold weather

["mikey" <loismustdie@xxxxxxxx>]

That's most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. Have you actually done that?
A needless splice in an impossible location too.

This is a silly thread, who started this? Santa at the North Pole?
It's awful up here, below freezing and we'll still stand in open front doors
saying goodbye for up 15 minutes all the time. It does the air in the
house good, you don't need a heat exchanger, plants like it almost as
much as beer, and females become ah, perkier.

<robertlbass@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1132935438.459225.195640@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> If the issue is minimizing the time the door is open so the client's
> house doesn't get cold try this.  Pull the wire from the attic area
> above the door to the panel.  Leave a few extra feet of cable above the
> door.  Then drill the door frame and run a short (maybe 6' long) lead
> up to the attic.  Connect the contact to the short lead.  Close the
> door and go up to make the final connection in the attic.  It's more of
> a PITA because you have to make an extra splice and an extra trip to
> the attic but the door only stays open for 2-3 minutes as opposed to 15
> minutes or more.
>
> Regards,
> Robert L Bass
> www.BassBurglarAlarms.com
>