Re: Audio Video and power over cat 5

["Jackcsg" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx>]

"Robert L Bass" <sales@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > Even with calculators as aids, wire (NEC) size also eludes most.
>
> Many just use "Burglar Alarm Wire" and "Fire Alarm Wire" without
> even knowing why they use a particular gauge, let alone what its
> limitations may be.  The boss says to use this wire and that wire
> and that's all they know.  Thank the so-called "authorized
> dealer" programs for dumbing down the industry.  28 years ago
> when I was just learning most installers understood the job.  Now
> they only need to know how to get two wireless door contacts and
> one motion installed as fast as possible so they can get on to
> the next vict... er, customer.
>
> >... I just visited a Car Dealership in which these residential
> > applications were applied to a 25 acre lot. Everything, even
> > the cameras, is powered with wall warts....  I can't imagine
> > why InterStar, the company that installed it, went bankrupt.
> > Go figure....
>
> Heh.  I see that all the time, even when DIYers are taking over
> bad "custom" installed systems.  I recently had a customer call
> because his "monitored" alarm wasn't working correctly.  Turns
> out the system wasn't even connected to the phone line.  The
> alarm company never installed an RJ31X nor even hard-wired it to
> the phones.  There were several sensors that had not been
> connected to the panel either.  The smokes were wired using
> ordinary 22/4 cable as well.
>
> Although the alarm company never finished the installation they
> did send him a bill every month since he bought the new house.
> When the customer discovered it wasn't connected to the phone
> line he took it over, added some sensors and I helped him locate
> a monitoring firm.
>
> The installing dealer has since sent him a notice that he can't
> switch monitoring services until the three-year term ends.
>
That's priceless. Sounds like another ex-Westinghouse Security technician
off on his own...