Re: Causes of Ground Faults

[Michael <sirflannelS@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 19 Dec 2006 01:11:06 GMT, "Roland" <roland@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

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>From the burg loop on combo burg fire panels (where otherwise legal). Some
>folks use beans on the burg side, and some use cutters to crimp the beans,
>and some have problems with foreign grounds because of that. I have had to
>trouble shoot those before where the burg loop trashes the fire system for
>that reason or a number of other issues. One reason I hate to deploy combo
>burg/fire panels, especially on larger systems. I am sure I am not the only
>one who has had this problem.
<snip>

In this area, the AHJ does not permit combo systems. Before that, yes,
I had one on the front door of a conveinence store, and it only
registered the ground fault when the door opened (every few minutes or
so). Otherwise, it would go away. Talk about pulling my hair out!